12 - Modern History - Leon Trotsky: Personality Study: Websites

By the end of the twentieth century, it can hardly be said that there is any dearth of literature on Trotsky.There are well-researched biographies in all the major European languages, studies of his politicalthought, books and articles on particular facets of his work or his ideas, and discussions on Trotsky ingeneral works on Marxism or on the Russian revolution.

This article consists of the translation into English of the Introduction to the recent Russian language edition of Leon Trotsky's book In Defense Of Marxism.

A collection of online ebook versions of various major works and collected writings

An online archive the collected literary output of the world’s Trotskyist groups, parties and tendencies.

Speech delivered by Stalin at a meeting of the Joint Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.) 1 October 23, 1927

From the archive: 16 November 1927.

Complete hostility has been declared between the orthodox wing of the Russian Communist party and the leaders of the Opposition.

When the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia in November 1917, two figures stood out among the leaders of the uprising: Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. Lenin was the founder of Bolshevism and the single-minded catalyst of revolution, but Trotsky's role in the events of November 1917 was no less important.

On Nov. 12, 1927, Josef Stalin ousted Leon Trotsky from the Communist Party, effectively ending the career of his greatest political rival. Stalin would later force Trotsky into exile and order his assassination.

The year 1927 marked a decisive turning point in the struggle of Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition to defend the ideas of Marx and Lenin inside the Russian Communist Party.