1. Leon Trotsky By Cooper Anderson

2. About Leon Trotsky Real name- Lev Davidovich Bronshtein Born- November 07, 1879 Place of birth- Yanovka, Ukraine Death- August 21, 1940 Place of death- Mexico City, Mexico

3. Trotsky's role in the Russian Revolution Leon Trotsky was the leader in the 1917 Russian Revolution. He officially joined the Bolshevik Party in August and allied himself with Lenin. The success of the Russian Revolution made Lenin the new leader of the Soviet government. Then Trotsky was second in command only to Lenin.

4. Power struggle Trotsky wanted to be Lenin successor after Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922. Joe Stalin also wanted to be Lenin successor. When Lenin died in 1924 Stalin replaced Lenin and Trotsky slowly began to loose power under stains power. Shortly after Stalin took power Trotsky was kicked out of the Bolshevik party and then kicked out of the country. Trotsky Stalin

5. Assassination in 1940 On may 24, 1940 soviet agents machine-gunned Trotsky's house while he and his family were all inside. Luckily they all survived. On August 20, 1940 Trotsky was sitting at a desk at the library when Ramon Mercader smashed a mountaineering ice pick into the back of Trotsky's skull. Trotsky didn’t die instantly he fought back and yelled Ramon Mercader name so people would know who killed him. Trotsky was 60 years old when he die.

6. Work Cited Rosenberg, Jennifer. “Leon Trotsky.” About.com Guide. 2013. 24 April 2013. http://history1900s.about.com/od/people http://history1900s.about.com/od/people /p/trotsky/p/trotsky. Simkin, John. “ Leon Trotsky” Spartacus Educational. 2013. 24 April 2013. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RU Strotsky.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RU Strotsky.htm