Socialist and Communist leaders in Russia

1. Socialist and Communist leaders in Russia History 12 – Ms Leslie

2. Vladimir IllichUlyanov • - • Father was a school Teacher • His Brother, Alexander Ulyanov was hung for attempting to assassinate the Tsar Alexander III • As the brother of a state criminal, • Eventually he was allowed to study

3. Lenin was expelled from university for protesting on campus. • so he went to St. Petersburg and studied on his own • After passing his law exams in 1891, Lenin started practicing law in Samara. • he married Nadezhda Krupskaya in 1898. • His wife was a revolutionary and lead the Women’s Lib movement in Russia

5. Leon Trotsky • Lev DavidovichBronshtein • His parents were Jewish and owned a farm in the Ukraine. When Trotsky was eight years old his father sent him to Odessa to be educated. • In 1897 he became involved in organizing the underground South Russian Workers' Union. • He was sent to Siberia

6. At first he hated Lenin for splitting the communist party • Later became Lenin’s second in command. • Also went to Zurich with Lenin

8. Joseph Stalin • Joseph Stalin, was born in Gori, Georgia on 21st December, 1879. • He was his mother's fourth child to be born in less than four years. • Joseph's father was a bootmaker and his mother took in washing. • At the age of seven

9. Studied to become a priest • Was expelled for • In 1901 Stalin joined the Social Democratic LabourParty • Stalin was arrested and spent 18 months in prison and then was deported to Siberia.

10. Stalin returned to Russia • In 1911 he moved to St, Petersburg and the following year became editor of Pravda. • Arrested again in 1913, Stalin was exiled for life to North Siberia • After the overthrow of Nicholas II,