Lenin’s Death - Leon Trotsky vs. Josef Stalin
- Lenin set up the comintern (communist international) to spread the revolution worldwide
- Led to signing deals with countries to rebuild
- Treaty of Rapallo- Russians made war material for Germans (against the Treaty of Versailles)
- Recieved steel manufacturing technology from Germany
- 1922 Bolshevik Party became the Communist Party
- Russia became the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R)
- Lenin was shot in 1921- never fully recovered
- Dies in Jan. 1924
Interesting Fact
The Treaty of Rapallo surprised the Western powers.
Quote
"Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other."
-Trotsky
-Trotsky
Subjunctive Question
What would have happened to Russia if they had not singed the Treaty of Rapallo with Germany?
Summary
Lenin was shot in 1921 and never really recovered. He died in Jan. 1924, three years later. Before Lenin died he set up the comintern (communist international) to spread the revolution worldwide. This communist revolution led to signing deals with countries to rebuild. One of the coutries they signed with was Germany. They signed the Treaty of Rapallo. Russians made war material for Germans (against the Treaty of Versailles and recieved steel manufacturing technology from Germany. In, 1922 the Bolshevik Party became the Communist Party and Russia became the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R).