Trotsky and the Bolshevik Revolution

A) Plan of the investigation
The scope of this investigation is to discover Trotsky's role as a Russian revolutionary up to the end of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, especially to ascertain why after being a Menshevik he became a Bolshevik, and how important his role was in securing success for the Bolsheviks.
In order to carry out this investigation primary and secondary sources will be consulted, and a bibliography will be compiled, and attached. The plan is to include in
the summary of evidence, sections on:
1. Trotsky's life and career before the first 1917 revolution.
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