Trotsky's Contribution to Success of Bolsheviks
Trotsky had given a large amount of contribution to the success of the
Bolsheviks upto 1922. His first contribution was made when he trained
agents and sent them through out Petrograd to spread hatred against
the provisional government at the time of revolution was going to take
place, without giving a specific time or date. This proved to be a
good move by Trotsky to get most of Petrograd's population on his
side. However if he had failed to get the public on his side, then
there would be less people helping him to break into the winter palace
at the day of the revolution and more people opposing. This
contribution was probably the greatest this was a big success.
Trotsky was a very effective orator (speaker) and because of this
ability he could get a massive crowd on his side. And was able to
store confidence and trust in the public and the army. This
contribution was probably the second greatest that Trotsky had made
because the people needed confidence in their leader. And without this
the Bolsheviks couldn't possibly achieve their aim.
A third contribution given by Trotsky was his ability to get most of
the people on the Bolshevik side. To do this he had to pay a visit to
the Peter and Paul fortresses (this area was where the government kept
most of their weapons). He persuaded the troops there that if they
were on the Bolsheviks side then they would be rewarded. He also
informed them that the Bolsheviks would make a stronger government
than the existing government. He succeeded in gaining the arms and
weapons from the fortresses, (these arms played a vital part in taking
over the government and destroying the winter palace). Trotsky now had
a vast number of people and troops on his side and that proved to be a
big help for the Bolsheviks victory. This wouldn't have been possible
without Trotsky's contribution during the revolution.
Trotsky had also contribution in developing strength in the red army.
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To decide on Lenin’s importance, regarding Bolsheviks success in the November Revolution of 1917 we need to identify the factors that we can take into account. These include: Lenin’s April Thesis, His effective use of “Peace, Land, Bread” and his ability to convince the Bolshevik central committee for an immediate revolution. However over the course of the essay we will see that it’s not just Lenin’s leadership that was the reason for Bolshevik success, we also have the mistakes of the Provisional Government and its overall weakness.