Questions tagged [trotskyism]
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How did the world react to Trotsky's assassination?
Exiled former Russian leader Leon Trotsky was murdered in Mexico in August 1940 (with an ice pick) by a Soviet agent in the interest of Trotsky's old rival for power, the then Soviet dictator Stalin. ...
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After the split with Stalin, what was Yugoslavia's official attitude towards Soviet history before Stalin's takeover?
In 1939, Tito published a pamphlet attacking Trotsky and Trotskyism. Unsurprising since he was still no different to any other Communist at that time, and was a supporter of Stalin.
Josip Broz Tito: ...
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Why did Stalin exile Trotsky instead of killing or imprisoning him?
Leon Trotsky, one of the original founders of the Bolshevik Revolution, was strongly opposed to the leadership and policies of Joseph Stalin. In response to Trotskys public criticism of him, Stalin ...
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Why did Stalin and the Soviet leadership have Leon Trotsky assassinated?
Leon Trotsky was killed with a mountaineering ice axe in Mexico. The method of murder chosen was interesting. If he was a political fugitive in far off Mexico, why bother dealing with him? What about ...
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Did the USSR use trotskyism as a bogeyman in the post Stalin period?
In Stalin's time the USSR used Trotskyist as a byword for subversion, sabotage, and all things nasty.
In his 'secret speech', Khrushchev continued to condemn Trotskyist ideas, but depicted Stalin's ...
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Did Trotsky serve as a hate-figure in PRC propaganda?
Maoism and Trotskyism share some similar ideas (by Maoism I am referring specifically to the guiding philosophies of the PRC during Mao's rule, and by Trotskyism I mean the beliefs of Trotsky, not ...
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