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  2. Leon Trotsky - Wikipedia

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    After his return, Trotsky and Parvus took over the newspaper Russian Gazette, increasing its circulation to 500,000. Trotsky also co-founded, together with Parvus and Julius Martov and other Mensheviks, "Nachalo" ("The Beginning"), which also proved to be a very successful newspaper in the revolutionary atmosphere of Saint Petersburg in 1905.

  3. Government of Vladimir Lenin - Wikipedia

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    In November 1917 Lenin and his wife took a two-room flat within the Smolny Institute, with Trotsky and his family living in the flat opposite; being based here allowed Lenin to devote himself to the revolutionary government. [14] The stress of this position exacerbated Lenin's health problems, in particular his headaches and insomnia. [15]

  4. The Permanent Revolution and Results and Prospects - Wikipedia

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    This was published after the death of Vladimir Lenin which triggered a power struggle within military, bureaucratic, legislative bodies within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. General Secretary Joseph Stalin formed a political alliance with Lev Kamenev , Grigory Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin , who opposed Trotsky within The Politburo ...

  5. Assassination attempts on Vladimir Lenin - Wikipedia

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    On January 1, 1918, the first unsuccessful attempt on Lenin's life took place in Petrograd, in which Friedrich Platten was slightly hit by a bullet. According to one of the versions of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (Cheka), Dmitry Shakhovskoy was the organizer of the assassination attempt on January 1, 1918. [1]

  6. List of leaders of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    Vladimir Lenin was voted the chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union (Sovnarkom) on 30 December 1922 by the Congress of Soviets. [11] At the age of 53, his health declined from the effects of two bullet wounds, later aggravated by three strokes which culminated with his death in 1924. [12]

  7. A century after Lenin's death, the USSR's founder seems ... - AOL

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    Not long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and thrilled the grieving country with these words: “Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live.” A ...

  8. Establishment of Soviet power in Russia (1917–1918)

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    The Bolshevik Military Revolutionary Committee of the 5th Army took control of the army headquarters in Dvinsk and blocked the way for units trying to break through to support the Kerensky–Krasnov offensive. 40 thousand Latvian Riflemen took the side of Lenin, who played an important role in establishing the power of the Bolsheviks throughout ...

  9. Trotskyism - Wikipedia

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    Lenin and Trotsky were close ideologically and personally during the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. Trotskyists and some others call Trotsky its "co-leader". [note 1] [21] This was also alluded to by Rosa Luxemburg. [22] Lenin himself never mentioned the concept of "Trotskyism" after Trotsky became a member of the Bolshevik party. [23]