The Great October Socialist Revolution and the Role of Leon Trotsky!
Badrul Alam
7 November 2025, Dhaka
Introduction: The Dawn of the 20th Century and Russia’s Socio-Economic Context
The course of world history turned in October 1917. That revolution was not merely a change of government—it altered the very direction of human civilization. Known to history as the Great October Socialist Revolution, it was the first time the working class seized state power, breaking the chains of private ownership and paving the way for a socialist society. At its center stood Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, and one of the chief architects of its strategic organization and execution was Leon Trotsky.
Tsarist Russia was a land of exploitation, inequality, and famine. The peasants were weary of servitude under landlords; workers toiled 12 to 14 hours a day in factories but...









