Life of Leon Trotsky | A Biography (1879-1940)

[@HoH]

Time-stamps are in the description. About what historical figure would you like to see an in-depth biography such as this one?

[@mikefay5698]

Robert Fleming; Lois Pasteur; Robert Koch.

[@steventrosiek2623]

I certainly enjoy your channel. You are very intelligent, interesting, and dedicated. I love Russian history.

[@gustavoemannueldeangolasil243]

But whay he is call of hero?Trotsky to order murder 2 thousem of own peoplo .But who diference it for Stalin? Stalin to order many people but,trotsky also.

[@gustavoemannueldeangolasil243]

Democraty?O manifest communist ,is favor of dictador of proletariet.When talk abaut of democracy be lie.

[@chrismcbride1452]

Thanks for your concern for correct history of a man who still influences millions, and puts Vladi Putins sleeping hour's in disarray!

[@Jc-ho9wu]

20th century Russian history has grabbed a hold of me recently. I can't stop. Awesome channel. Thanks for all your hard work. 😊

[@danielhagan921]

Trotsky's life is as complicated as it is important in the history of the twentieth century. It's impressive how well these are explained here in 35 minutes. Thank you!

[@AC-ie8mt]

You did a fantastic job. Many documentaries are thinly veiled propaganda for or against communism. This is a straightforward and accurate viewpoint. Well done!

[@StopFear]

One thing I am always puzzled, or bewildered by, is how Trotsky has staid in jails and exiles so often and yet was lucky not to have his health destroyed as happens so often. He does not look like he was a particularly strong man physically, so either he had a very good immune system or just very lucky.

[@SagesseNoir]

How long was he in prison? Also, prison under even the authoritarian Czarist regime was child's play compared to the horrid prisons and camps under Bolshevik (especially Stalinist) rule. Of course, there is no such thing as a "good" or kind prison. But time spent in Czarist prisons by Trotsky, Lenin or Stalin were not likely to be a lethal as time in a Soviet prison or camp in the 1930s.

[@chrismcbride1452]

Had a compulsive reason to live, and was happy with himself maybe?11

[@MarxinRios]

While some where in jail like gramci others where parading through fascist italy like Lev here.

[@weronikachylaszem8553]

Good job. It was pleasure to watch, thank You for subtitles - it is very helpfull for persons like me who loves history and is learning english. I'm waiting for another episode about other person conected with comunism. Greetings from Poland.

[@engin7787]

Thank You , giving me the opportunity for watching the biography of Trotsky!

[@ThisisBarris]

Damn, a 35 minutes episode? I can't imagine how long you've spent on research for this episode. Anyway, got my evening set with it.

[@HoH]

Hope you’ll enjoy. The next one of this length will be in June or so, most likely about Bismarck!

[@mhikl4484]

Fascinating! Will have to review this, slowly with note making to properly understand this take on history. Most appreciative of your good work, good sir. Namaste and care, mhikl

[@gustavoemannueldeangolasil243]

For me that went a greate lie ,trostky also went kiling ,to order murder two thousen of own after of revilucion from 1917.Trostky wantd a new worl ordem communista ,in all the wor.A dictadorship for all world democrisy in word but on reality a big sleving.

[@OrpheusObjectMRH]

This is well-researched, accurate, and well-delivered; there are a lot of insights crammed into such a short time!

[@jsbdidhdtaysheiud3376]

This was packed with detail yet surprisingly concise. Thank you for putting this together. 👍

[@artexplainedd]

Once again a very interesting film. Love that you took your time to tell this very informative story. You got me hooked on Russian history now! THANKS

[@mikefay5698]

World History! I support Trotsky and he is represented and studied throughout the Planet.

[@polly6336]

Thank you for this! I visited the Trotsky Museum/ house in Mexico City and have been interested ever since. Your channel is really helping me understand the history of the USSR.

[@HoH]

I am glad it helps! Perhaps you find the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the first Russian parliament (the Duma) interesting. This summer I am planning on delving a bit deeper into Tsarist Russia from early times. Next Tuesday I am uploading a video about Stakhanovism, an odd and fascinating movement in Soviet Russia during the 30s.

[@polly6336]

Thank you for replying, @@HoH! I am most certainly interested in the Russian Revolution as well. I have clicked on the notification bell and will look forward to all of your new content. Many thanks for the work you put into your channel.

[@mikefay5698]

@@HoH A version of piece work or Taylorism.

[@emilioesdabes7086]

Thank you.

[@vdmur7952]

Quite good video. Pronunciation is very good for a foreigner although lacking some key details it is far better than what is reasonably expected!

[@cjsansoo7]

Very well done!!! This is by far the best and most informative video I've seen on Trotsky.

[@salimdeking]

Informative yet again

[@kipwatson]

I've been enjoying your very professional, academically rigorous videos; and I'm sure sooner or later I will watch them all 🙂 However, I want to thank you especially for the documentaries you have made of the less 'mainstream' topics, such as the 30 Years War, the Seven Years War, and so on, which are not often documented by independent documentary-makers. Thanks heaps - when I can afford to, I will join your Patreon!

[@robpk63]

Excellent analysis, excellent channel.

[@kensterknig177]

this is a good, informative and well presented narrative- GOOD JOB !

[@SPQR89]

good video. Really informative and enjoyable

[@OSINT-MANAGEMENT]

My hero, explained correctly for once!

[@ajayskumar1747]

The most well studied bio on my idol! Appreciate it!

[@user-ym9wb2mk5e]

You idolize a man who murdered his own countrymen? Wow!

[@anaustrianguy1861]

Ah I see you're a man of culture aswell

[@julirensch]

great synopsis....makes one wonder how much better the USSR might have been without the assassination of Trotsky...

[@Topself24]

Informative and attractive. Subscribed!

[@julirensch]

For a little fun check out the book "Trotsky in Tijuana" whereby Trotsky is not assassinated in 1940, but continues his life and ultimately, dying on the same day as Stalin in 1953.

[@kamilla1960]

Thank you for this concise summary!

[@ripussr1766]

When I said "he started referring to himself as Leon" I laughed cuz all I could think about is someone talking about supporting capitalism and Trotsky is just like "Leon would not like that!" Lol

[@alcebiadeslima395]

Trotsky, grande líder político e revolucionário de seu tempo! 🇷🇺🇧🇷

[@lifeby2044]

nope

[@markfloyd6816]

Excellent content. Thank you very much.

[@andres6868]

Mercader didn't pretend to be a journalist. He posed as a French businessman named Mornard and as such he had seduced for the two previous years one of Trotsky's secretaries, Sylvia Ageloff, driving her every day to Trotsky's house in Mexico and slowly becoming familiar to Trotsky's household. One day he told Trotsky he had written an article on economics and he wanted him to check it out. Because of the small favors Mercader has done to Trotsky's household he agreed...and the rest is history

[@racz-samograyduo241]

That intro is Elgar Cello Concerto, 2nd mvt

[@snorefest1621]

wowzers

[@wewewe1977]

Just found your video, learning about communism excellent keep it up. New sub...

[@joannbowden6220]

Aww, I think it all came down to Trotsky & Stalin being jealous of each other's gorgeous hair! 😆

[@catlinferris5970]

Thank you, I enjoyed this !

[@davidw.5185]

Thank you for the video. Human nature never changes. One tyranny replaces another

[@phil4863]

Stalin killed even Trotsky's children? So savage

[@raymondhartmeijer9300]

Stalin's victims were never random, it was mostly by association. That's why it was so scary. If you knew someone who was a so called "enemy of the state" you could become a target. His old comrades from the revolution had to go as well, he replaced them with people who were loyal to him

[@Dallas-wu6st]

Trotsky was just as much a murderer as Stalin .

[@ianreynolds8552]

Thanks for this video, interesting and fair

[@raulcattelan4506]

great video

[@HoH]

Thanks!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Love the vid about the President of Mexico

[@DardanellesBy108]

Very interesting. I heard he lived in Norway briefly before moving to Mexico. Since you didn’t mention it I’m guessing there was nothing of significance during his time there? Well done video. Your other videos look interesting. I’m going to check them out. I love history.

[@mikefay5698]

Trygvie Lee a Norwegian Social Democrat forced him out under pressure from Stalin. He was a homeless man in the Planet. Stalin and all the Bourgeois lands feared him except Mexico.

[@rpm1796]

Very well done....More information about who funded and housed in comfort the American connection to the revolution...such as Jacob Schiff in New York would be in order. Cheers

[@sassyfrass4295]

exactly - Yonkers NY Rothchilds, Samuel Untermyer and his neighbor .....

[@StephenFarthing]

Can you add a video on Bela Kuhn and the short lived First Hungarian Communist government to your lengthy list? There is very little published on him. I’ve just started reading “The Vanquished - Why the First World War failed to end” by Robert Gerwarth. It’s about the many conflicts immediately after the First World War as a result of the collapse of Germany, Austro-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire as well as the Russian revolution. The whole idea of the Armistice only seems to have applied to the big players, for many the war dragged on.

[@sethtwc]

The big difference between the party trotsky was in and the party that leninn was in, is how the peasant fit into the revolution. Lenin believed the peasants were integral while Trotsky viewed the opposite

[@teena2814]

Outstanding!

[@ProlTV]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4bMlod-gtpgY7c Very important to watch this presentation on Trotskyism - both the theory of permanent revolution, Trotsky’s anti-soviet history, and the activity of Trotskyites in the west (in particular) today.

[@jasonjohn7865]

Love from Ireland currently being taken over by technocrats etc . Really appreciate your videos 😊

[@snorefest1621]

underrated

[@snorefest1621]

Me: Lev Bronstein Also me: T r O t S k Y f R i E d C h I c K e N

[@matthewbigelow5096]

You didn't mention that did you?

[@spookyaction3236]

It’s gotta be the hair, Cotton. It’s beautiful. Feathered and lethal. You just don’t see it nowadays.

[@abishabharathi5944]

Thankyou ❤️

[@ComradeMel1975]

Interesting as I am a Trotskyist. However I am hearing impaired and even with device volume on max I struggled to hear Thankfully I was able to read what waa being said

[@SagesseNoir]

Why did Lenin see the Kronstadt rebellion as more dangerous than peasant revolts or even the white army?

[@tavishhari5529]

Don't use Robert Service's discredit biography of Trotsky

[@sinanabdullah9773]

well done.

[@Zenab-hs1ky]

If only Trotsky was as ruthless as stalin for the struggle for power

[@kimobrien.]

Then he would have been the same as Stalin.

[@dnetz2145]

There are a number of parallels between how Trump approached the consolidation of his political power, and Stalin. Stalin was a ruthless dictator, while Trump aspired to become one.

[@trekjudas]

TROTSKY IS A BOSS!

[@fullthrottlealways]

Bronstein was a rat 🐀 and that 🐀 🤏🏻 got an ice pick to the skull 🪓 His spiritual descendants will be 🔫

[@anaustrianguy1861]

@@fullthrottlealways Fucking Tankie

[@tombogan03884]

14:16 Young Stalin looks like Borat.

[@RobertVeasquez]

Thank you for this wonderful biography. I’ve had Leon Trotsky in my mind as the United States absorbs the recent election outcomes and the new policies of the Biden administration.

[@hazelwray4184]

Lol.

[@asd3601]

Picks out For Trotsky

[@ianreynolds8552]

Tortsky lives

[@Zen-rw2fz]

Man why did they get rid of the old red army uniforms?

[@nektariosshiha5011]

Trotsky was never supposed to be the successor of Lenin. 1st every position in communist party was appointed by a vote (democratic centralism) not by succesions and such 2nd: Lenin indeed criticized stalin by calling him very brutal but his name was not the only one in the list, he even criticized Bukharin and Trotsky among others, in his words "Trotsky was not a bolshevik". 3rd Stalin was very disappointed by the criticism of his mentor, his next step was to resign from his position but the party voted against such it, even Trotsky voted in favor of stalin. 4th Trotsky was exiled because he broke the principle of democratic centralism.

[@HoH]

Some very good points! Glad you took the time to reply. By designated successor I meant that to outside observers it was expected Trotsky would be voted in. Just like after Mao’s death China observers were flabbergasted when none of the Gang of 4 took over, but Mao appointed a man they never heard about. I should have specified, perhaps, but hopefully it did not distract from the bigger picture.

[@nektariosshiha5011]

@@HoH An what is the bigger picture?

[@StopFear]

Could you provide a few references to your claims? As is it sounds like your version is the official soviet version.

[@nektariosshiha5011]

@@StopFear If you search the history between Lenin and Stalin you'll see that they always had a controversy between them .In total you will see that Lenin insulted Trotsky about 200 times in his letters to him. Lenin called Trotsky politicheskaya prostitutska (political prostitue),yudunska (judas) and many other names .You can find those letters in the marxist internet archive.

[@StopFear]

shadowalker 101 Listen. It is not whether I believe you it was the case or not, but can you be more specific to show where it is since you are so sure it was the case? I mean of course I heard it being claimed documentaries. But that is very different from finding where the evidence is of Lenin having that specific view on Trotsky. The source is important because if someone shows some soviet history book that was printed after a certain year in USSR then we can pretty much know in advance that of course it will state that Lenin disliked Trotsky and most likely that he LOOVED Stalin. Would that be a good source? Any rational person would say no. Now if we were to look at some writings by Lenin perhaps before Stalin coming to power we could put more credence to it BECAUSE it may have been printed by Lenin’s fans in other countries surrounding USSR so we could always compare what was actually printed and what was available from soviet sources after Lenin died.

[@casanovasteinfrankly7566]

I see simalarities with canadas government 100 yrs exactly to the date

[@drampabay1476]

Why is 18 yo Lev identical to Jean-Ralphio 😂😂😂

[@matthewbigelow5096]

The bolchavics weren't the majority calling themselves that was propaganda

[@EduardoHenrique-tm7ee]

i like it

[@zhubajie6940]

The problem is these people's hubris, hating democracy and thinking they couldn't compete in the market of ideas but had to use violence instead of the ballot.

[@saooran7364]

Yeah the french revolution was a bitch.

[@mikefay5698]

Under Democracy you can have any Party you like as long as it's pro US and Capitalist. If not and perchance you vote for anything like a Socialist reform. A nice coup for you,courtesey of the CIA, murder incorporated. Long live Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden. The first two in torture chambers.

[@mikefay5698]

Creepie Joe? Since Trumpie Pumpie's got to go. Look at the Bourgeois rubbish in the planet all corrupt thieves. Compare them to Lenin and Trotsky. Who would you vote for?

[@danielhagan921]

You're so very right Zhu. In the long run they shaft themselves but only after so many millions of others are hurt. They are tyrants, who masqueraded as servants of the people. Beware of ideologues, who are in fact, self-appointed servants of the people. History teaches this.

[@sorinnita531]

KHAZAR CRIMINAL

[@nasalimbu3078]

Ma Russia =ukrin jay ma rastira people rublic of China (USA)

[@bl6797]

You are a beautiful looking man! 😍

[@tonyferrara4011]

One thing I research about Trotsky that he was very arrogant and elitist toward party members , had many enemies inside the Bolsheviks, on the contrary Stalin was party man , Stalin offer to resign 3 times because he was a man of the people he won favor inside the Bolsheviks. Growing up always thought Stalin was a bad guys most of it had been funnelled by the propaganda of the West .

[@mikefay5698]

Stalin was very very bad the Liberal Bourgeoisie loved him doing the job for them.

[@mikefay5698]

The USSR fell to counter Revolutionarys without much opposition since Stalin wiped out all political power from the Workers. Stalin's Bureaucracy went on to steal steal and steal under Putin. As Trotsky spat at Stalin he sowed the seeds as the Gravedigger of the Revolution. The Soviet Union is gone but the Soviet Union of the Planet is coming over the horizon!

[@LAFC.]

Yes its true Stalin offered to resign but he was also known to kill people who disagreed with him so even if you hated him you wouldnt let it show if you wanted to live.

[@mikefay5698]

It was his political crimes that far ouweighed his murderous thuggery. He deliberately set out to destroy the Bolshevik Party and his attempt to achieve socialism in one country and its corollary peacefull co existence with Capitalism and refuse to spread the Revolution lead to the end of the USSR. Trotsky's description of Stalinism as Syphillus in the Working Class is apt today. Setting back World Revolution and the building of the Soviet Union of the Planet by at least 50 years.@@LAFC.

[@simonbagel]

LOL! Stalin had three problem solving skills. Oppression, torture and murder.

[@lorsheckmolseh3345]

The biography misses the collaboration of Trotsky with the Nazis, who he called out to invade the Soviet Union in 1938, because "it would capitulate in a few weeks". At the end of his life he got an expert in anti-communism, rotten by jealousy (Stalin won the vote Trotsky had demanded in 1924 by nearly 100%), who's "works" are used by reactionaries and counter revolutionaries to the present day as an almanach to spread their retarded ideologies. (s. "Trotsky's support for fascism", Adrian Chan-Wyles (PhD) Leftwing Political Analysis)

[@mikecarone7320]

Christianity vs a Jew Stalin comes to power

[@goodman_1955]

Not much was really "Russiqn" about the "Russian" revolution