... of the Five Year Plans thereby creating a colossal Russian industry, saved the nation after a bitter war. When Lenin died there was period of competition between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin as both had conflicting views on communist ideology. "Trotsky favoured "world revolution" The USSR should push on with the task of encouraging other proletariat masses to overthrow their capitalist masters. (Cowie, 1994, p158 ... ). Trotsky believed, continuing with the teaching of Karl Marx, a world wide revolution of Communism should take place with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics leading...

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... was thought that until this happened Russia could not build their utopian society. The ministry of foreign affairs was changed to the People's Commissariat of foreign affairs and led by Leon Trotsky; however he approached his job with the expectance of an immediate worldwide communist revolution. "I will issue a few revolutionary proclamations to the peoples of the world and then shut up ... ...

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