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| 1902 | Exile |  |
| London Escapes to London from Siberia |
| 1902 | RSDP Trotsky | |
| London Appointed Member of the RSDP, after meeting Lenin for the 1st time |
| 1905 | Constitution | |
| "We are given a Constitution but absolutism remains" |
| 1905 | Izvestia | |
| "We are given a Constitution but absolutism remains" |
| 1905 | Soviet of St Petersburg | |
| 26th Oct St Petersburg Helps found the St Petersburg Soviet, 50 such Soviets are soon founded all over Russia |
| 1917 | Armistice | |
| 15th Dec A 28 day armistice is signed with the Central Powers |
| 16th Dec The 28 day armistice with the Central Powers begins |
| 1917 | Arrest | |
| 3rd July Workers and soldiers in Petrograd demand the Soviet takes power, sporadic fighting results and the Soviet restores order with troops brought back from the front, Trotsky is arrested & Lenin goes into hiding |
| 1917 | Commander | |
| 21st Nov Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1917 | Conference of Brest Litovsk | |
| Dec Brest Litovsk A letter intercepted from Trotsky to a partisan indicates Russia is playing for time |
| 22nd Dec Brest Litovsk Talks resume at Brest-Litovsk |
| 1917 | Demonstrations | |
| 24th Feb Petrograd Calls for an end to the war & for revolution |
| 24th Feb Petrograd Calls for the re-unification of the Bolsheviks & Mensheviks |
| 1917 | Exile of Trotsky | |
| 27th Mar Trotsky leaves exile in New York to return to Russia |
| 1917 | July Days | |
| 3rd July Workers and soldiers in Petrograd demand the Soviet takes power, sporadic fighting results and the Soviet restores order with troops brought back from the front, Trotsky is arrested & Lenin goes into hiding |
| 1917 | Peace | |
| 2nd Dec A ceasefire commences between Russia & the Central Powers |
| 3rd Dec Brest-Litovsk talks begin between Russia & the Central Powers |
| 7th Dec Official ceasefire between Russia & the Central Powers |
| 22nd Dec Peace negotiations commence with the Central Powers |
| 26th Dec Peace negotiations with the Central Powers are broken off |
| 1917 | President | |
| 16th Oct Appointed President of the Military Revolutionary Committee |
| 1918 | Capture | |
| 8th Aug Kazan The White Army has captured Kazan & Trotsky mobilizes his command train to relieve it |
| 10th Sep Kazan Commands the re-capture of Kazan from the White Army |
| 12th Sep Simbirsk Commands the re-capture of Simbirsk from the White Army |
| 3rd Dec Valuiki The Red Army occupies Valuiki |
| 6th Dec Dvinsk The Red Army occupies Dvinsk |
| 10th Dec Minsk The Red Army occupies Minsk |
| 1918 | Conference of Brest Litovsk | |
| 1st Jan Brest Litovsk Ukrainian nationalists have separate peace talks with the Germans |
| 9th Jan Brest Litovsk Plays for time but would capitulate if Germany gave an ultimatum |
| 9th Jan Brest Litovsk The Brest negotiations resume with Trotsky heading the Russian delegation |
| 28th Jan Brest Litovsk Trotsky denounces the German Peace Terms as unacceptable and walks out of the peace negotiations at Brest- Litovsk |
| 18th Feb Brest Litovsk The Germans invade Russia which is all but defenceless as virtually the entire army has deserted |
| Mar Brest Litovsk The Bolsheviks accept the dictated peace of Brest-Litovsk |
| 1918 | Conscription | |
| 29th May A decree is issued introducing compulsory military service |
| 1918 | Declaration of Death Penalty | |
| Orders the death penalty for "bagmen" of foodstuffs |
| 1918 | Diplomacy | |
| 21st Feb Trotsky requests French military help during the invasion of Russia |
| 1918 | Head Supply Commission Trotsky | |
| 13th Feb Appointed Head of the Extraordinary Commission for Supply |
| 13th Feb Appointed Head of the Supply Commission, responsible for food for the cities |
| 1918 | Independence | |
| 1st Jan Brest Litovsk Ukrainian nationalists have separate peace talks with the Germans |
| 1918 | Invasion of Russia | |
| 21st Feb German & Austrian troops resume their offensive against Russia |
| 21st Feb Trotsky requests French military help |
| 1918 | Mobilization | |
| 29th July Sovnarkom allows Trotsky to mobilize ex-officers |
| 7th Aug Moscow A train is constructed for Trotsky to command the Red Army |
| 8th Aug Moscow Leaves Moscows in his command train, "a flying apparatus of administration" |
| 1918 | Peace | |
| 2nd Jan The Bolsheviks denounce the terms offerred at the peace negotiations |
| 3rd Jan The Ukrainian delegation arrives at the peace negotiations |
| 8th Jan The Bolsheviks resume negotiations under Trotsky |
| 18th Jan Trotsky breaks off the peace negotiations |
| 23rd Jan Trotsky suspends the peace negotiations |
| 30th Jan Trotsky resumes peace talks |
| 18th Feb Germany resumes the war against Russia |
| 24th Feb The Soviets accept the German peace terms |
| 1918 | Rebellion | |
| 22nd May The Czech legion refuses to surrender arms & Trotsky orders it to be disarmed by force |
| 1918 | Siege of Kazan | |
| 9th Aug Svyazk Arrives at Svyazk to go to the relief of Kazan |
| 9th Aug Svyazk "The fate of the revolution hangs in the balance" |
| 1918 | Siege of Svyazk | |
| 29th Aug Svyazk The White Army rereats from Svyazk & fails to capture Trotsky |
| 1918 | Treaty of Brest Litovsk | |
| 18th Jan Brest Litovsk Hoffman demands the German occupation of Poland, Lithuania, White Russia & Latvia |
| 18th Jan Brest Litovsk Trotsky obtains a 10 day adjournment to return to Petrograd for further instructions |
| 30th Jan Brest Litovsk At this stage Trotsky's policy of procrastination seems to be paying off |
| 30th Jan Brest Litovsk Negotiations are resumed with strikes & anti-war demonstrations spreading from Berlin |
| 10th Feb Brest Litovsk Declares the State of war with Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey & Bulgaria at an end |
| 10th Feb Brest Litovsk The Soviet delegates leave Brest-Litovsk |
| 24th Feb Brest Litovsk Leaves for Brest-Litovsk with instructions to sign German peace terms without argument |
| 1st Mar Brest Litovsk Returns from the peace negotiations at Brest |
| 3rd Mar Brest Litovsk A Russo-German peace is signed |
| 3rd Mar Brest Litovsk Livonia & Estonia are occupied by Germany |
| 3rd Mar Brest Litovsk Renounces Riga |
| 3rd Mar Brest Litovsk Russian naval bases are stripped |
| 3rd Mar Brest Litovsk Signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| 3rd Mar Brest Litovsk The future of Courland, Lithuania & part of White Russia will be decided locally |
| 14th Mar Brest Litovsk The Soviet Congress ratifies the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| 14th Mar Brest Litovsk The Soviets ratify the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| 18th Mar Brest Litovsk The Allies refuse to recognize the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| 1918 | Treaty of Russo German | |
| 27th Aug Supplementary Russo-German Treaty is signed with secret clauses |
| 1919 | Capture | |
| 3rd Feb Kiev Bolshevik forces, filling the vacuum left by the German withdrawal, take Kiev |
| 1919 | CLO | |
| 27th Dec The CLO begins the "militarization of labour" |
| 27th Dec The Commission on Labour Obligation is created by Trotsky |
| 1919 | Conscription | |
| 16th Dec Drafts "Theses" for the Central Committee advocating disciplined armies of workers |
| 27th Dec Persuades Lenin to create a Commission on Labor Obligation with Trotsky as President |
| 1919 | Politburo | |
| Moscow The Politburo is first composed of Lenin, Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Stalin |
| 1920 | Congress of Trades Unions, 3rd | |
| At the Congress speaks in favour of the compulsory conscription of Labor |
| 1921 | Commissar | |
| 10th Dec Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs |
| 1921 | Dismissal | |
| 10th Dec Moscow Dismisses leading Russian diplomats including ambassadors in London, Washington & Rome |
| 1921 | Rebellion | |
| 28th Feb Krondstadt Leads the army units against the Kronstadt sailors |
| 1923 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Literature & Revolution" |
| 1925 | Dismissal | |
| 16th Jan Dismissed as the Chairman of the Russian Revolutionary Council |
| 16th Jan Stalin's "Socialism in one country" conflicts with Trotsky's "Permanent Revolution" |
| 1926 | Death | |
| Nov Moscow Releases Lenin's Testsament to the Press |
| 1926 | Declaration of 13, The | |
| Moscow Trotsky, Zinoviev & Kamanev present their case against the party leadership |
| 1926 | Demonstrations | |
| Sep Moscow Appeals to the rank & file & addresses a demonstration staged at an aircraft factory |
| 1926 | Dismissal | |
| 27th Oct Moscow Dismissed from the Politburo after calling Stalin "the gravedigger of the Revolution" |
| 1926 | Rebellion | |
| Sep Moscow Appeals to rank & file party cells & addresses a demonstration at an aircraft factory |
| 1927 | Declaration of 84, The | |
| 25th May Moscow The Opposition forwards its case to the Politburo against "Socialism in one country" |
| 1927 | Demonstrations | |
| 7th Nov Leningrad Stages street demonstrations on the 10th anniversarry of the October Revolution |
| 7th Nov Moscow Stages street demonstrations on the 10th anniversarry of the October Revolution |
| 1927 | Dismissal | |
| Nov Dismissed by Stalin from the Central Committee |
| 1927 | Exile of Trotsky | |
| Almata Exiled to Almata |
| 1927 | Expulsion Trotsky | |
| 12th Nov Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party, leaving Stalin in undisputed control |
| 1927 | Plenum Central Committee | |
| 21st Oct Moscow Claims the Politburo has betrayed the Revolution |
| 21st Oct Moscow Criticizes Stalin at the Plenum |
| 21st Oct Moscow Forces a discussion of Lenin's Testament at the Plenum |
| 1928 | Exile | |
| Jan Alma Ata Hauled out of his Kremlin appartment & exiled to Alma Ata |
| 1929 | Exile of Trotsky | |
| 31st Jan Trotsky is expelled from Russia |
| 21st Feb Trotsky is refused political asylum in France |
| 11th April Trotsky is refused political asylum in Germany |
| 11th July Trotsky is refused political asylum in Britain |
| 1933 | Exile | |
| 25th July Granted asylum in France |
| 1936 | Purge | |
| July Made against "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc" |
| 1938 | Assassination | |
| Paris Assassination of Lev Sedov, Trotsky's son, by Stalin's secret police |
| 1938 | Trial | |
| Tried in absentia by Stalin, the secret police, the GPU, are sent to hunt Trotsky down |
| 1940 | Assassination | |
| 20th Aug Mexico City Assassinated in Mexico City |
| 1940 | Death | |
| 20th Aug Mexico City Death of Leon Trotsky, assassinated |
| 1940 | Plot | |
| 24th May Mexico City A failed assassination attempt on Trotsky when gunmen fire on his villa |
