Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky: Their Life and Works

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines the intellectual and political biographies of V.I. Lenin and L.D. Trotsky, the main architects of the 1917 Revolution in Russia. Among the questions to be considered are Trotsky’s relationships to Lenin and Stalin, their roles in the Revolution and Civil War, their analyses of the New Economic Policy, Trotsky’s leadership of the Left Opposition, and their place in the history of Marxist theory and practice. The course will look at secondary literature on Lenin and Trotsky as well as selections from their writings. CROSSLISTED: RUSN 3094.03 FORMATS: Seminar