What does Trotsky mean?
Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Ukrainian-Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and by some other members of the Left Opposition and Fourth International. Trotskyists also criticize the bureaucracy that developed in the Soviet Union under Stalin.
What is Trotsky’s Theory of Permanent Revolution?
Permanent revolution is the strategy of a revolutionary class pursuing its own interests independently and without compromise or alliance with opposing sections of society. Trotsky’s permanent revolution is an explanation of how socialist revolutions could occur in societies that had not achieved advanced capitalism.
What were gulag prisoners called?
kulaks
The first group of prisoners at the Gulag mostly included common criminals and prosperous peasants, known as kulaks. Many kulaks were arrested when they revolted against collectivization, a policy enforced by the Soviet government that demanded peasant farmers give up their individual farms and join collective farming.
What party was Leon Trotsky?
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
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How did Trotsky help the Bolsheviks succeed?
In September, Trotsky became Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet and was head of the Military Revolutionary Committee. The MRC was established to protect Petrograd and allowed socialists to infiltrate the army. Trotsky took charge of planning the Bolshevik coup that was intended for the end of October.
What is Bloody Sunday Class 9 history?
Bloody Sunday was a massacre that took place on 22nd January 1905 in St Petersburg, wherein over 100 workers were killed and about 300 wounded when they took out a procession to present an appeal to Tsar. It was named as Bloody Sunday since it took place on Sunday. …
What was Stalinism Class 9?
Stalin enforced collectivization of farms as solution to grain shortage. Peasants were forced to work in collective farms called ‘kolkhoz’ sharing the profits equally. This was not entirely successful as the production of grain did not increase immediately.