History Matters's video: Why didn t Trotsky take over the USSR after Lenin

After Lenin took a one-way trip to deadsville the leadership of the USSR was up in the air. As you'll know Stalin, who Lenin thought was kind of lame, took over and Trotsky was sidelined, exiled and later deadificated. So why did this happen? Why didn't Trotsky take over the USSR after Lenin? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my Patreon supporters: Joakim Idland Jens Koch-Nommensen Øystein Alsaker Sergio M. Vela khaki enthusiast Eclipse Gin Aldeguer Brendan W Dennis Vandeban Hasmuffin Michael Kram CharÉTS Ethan Franco La Bruna Don Bonnigan Ian Whitcomb Southside Mitch Bradley chaulk Justin Kubusch John Adam Barrett Matthew Literovich Heath Robertson JakeBak0905 Person Shane McKenna Leonard Frank Timmy Christopher Godfrey Phillip Gathright Vance Christiaanse sharpie660 Travis Mount Joshua Schneider Philip Yip Harley Raptopoulos Sean Uzar Sean D. Paul Munro Mario Peshev Shauna K Joooooshhhhhh Nathan Mendelsohn Phoenix Fats Piotr Wojnowski Alex Teplyakov Joshua Rackstraw Jane Sumpter Korix Riylo Aaron Conaway Adrian Marine Emperor Kane Martha Grondin John Orr Andreas Mosand Steven Gibson Jack Nelson Dr. Schtnizel Matthew Toles Peter Marino Jamie van Brewen Bernardo Cavalcanti Andrew F zockotron tegsirat Nick Macarius D. Mahlik Nicholas Menghini Erik Hare Chris Winther Manny F Dana Spurgeon Tony Belmonte MGS2600 Ron Johnson Konstantin Bredyuk Zhao Liu Tactical_Jackal Andy McGehee Evan Ellingson Sahni Joe DeVito Allen Rines Nolan Peale Chach Katie Flinn Bradley Backoff Roman Kynčl Michael Galloway HelloAgain Andrew Patane Chase Labiste Contdoko12 Jacob Zachs mgnesium.poetry Ciege Engine Zach Rust Angel Aguiñaga Thomas McGraw Matt Reed Jose Recinto Dullis Clayton Schuman Chris Weisel blaZzinG_FurY Bernice Keith A. Layton Zachary Pascalar Tino Bartosz Zasada Leena Al-Souki Vilena5 Daniel J Miller Tim Stone Serius_Loyola John Garcia Bodo Nuber Windischgraetz Perry Gagne Brian George Matthew O'Connor george tyler Ben Drums 24 Patty Culp Jason Vandeventer Tyler Jenkins Joseph Hutchins William Adderholdt No way Ahmed Roshdi Warren Rudkin Hexapuma Carl Blanton ThePalestRose Liquid Chief Stefan Møller Joseph Reinsch Oliver Jenner KNSTRKTVST ARandomPaperClip Justin Short Blue Cardinal Aaron Larrow bas mensink Curt Helmerich Jason Gould David van Reyk Dexter_McAaron Tim Stumbaugh Joel Wasserman Mr. Myoozik Valentyn kevinh Anthony McCann Tim Sweeney James Joel Cromwell Juan Castillo Ethan Harlow Matthew Ward Vegard Tønnessen Clay Carroll Andrew Niedbala Nathan Ngumi Logical Insanity Ned Burke Richard Wolfe Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Geoffrey Sparrow Burt Clothier Jonny Minogue Sethars Yared Cristiano BattleGoat Studios Bren Ehnebuske Ryan Lowe Robin! Steve Bonds Andrei Listochkin Romney Manassa Colm Byrne Alen Rob Rollins Matt Busch nullptr Thomas McGill Brian Giordano Yosef Waysman George Buce Little Ernu anon Colonel Oneill Joseph Kerckhoff sixbeforelunch Melissa Prober Mars Project SketerK pdswanfleet Emily Glover-Wilson luvrhino David Spellmeyer Alex G. I'm Not In The Description Anthony Uk LambOfLeg Thomas Wang Yuichiro Kakutani Donald Weaver Dr. Howard Dr. Fine Dr. Howard Tristan Kreller Ryan Haber hefcluba Sara Birnbaum Juan Benet Mark Ploegstra Moraxian Zach Weakland Tranier Bocaj Charles Doolittle Roko Lisica Jeffrey Schneider Sean Long Hiro P Kirk Hoffman Eric Askins Hunter Bayliss Dustin Koellhoffer Aeryn and Lisa Toland Allen Ian M Colm Boyle Igor Stavchanskiy mohd Oriki Harrison Wiener George Caponera Tom Ebert Kinfe85 Zachary Oertel Wolf Will Sullivan YugiJitsu Games Chasen Le Hara 0_DannyBoy Isabel Harrison Danny Anstess Dutchball Animations James R DeVries Sophie Winter Kevin Phoenix Dan Reiher Mik Scheper Robert Brockway Lech Duraj Miky Hidalgo Morriss John Gross-Whitaker Barry Seth Reeves Doug MacLean Rita Cragwall Dr. Sarno Peter Konieczny AltHistoryConjectures Ali Sadighian Nathan Snyder Shakira Graham Heytun Azul Bravestrong Andrew Sever William Clark Christopher S Nelson ConspiracyPizza Brooks Woolson JT96 Paul McGee Lindorien Abdallah Al-Ammari João Santos Daniel O'Reilly Markus Lindström Typhoon2401 Deadlock Michael Corson blei95 Robin_Col M Scho Kasi Olaf Jan Bart Verbist Schwarzer Hai Ploshtinska polyudnica Tarsirrus James Rhys Little Ash Elford Jackarice26 Harrison Tatem-Wyatt Twinny Hill Gina Service Phil Johnston zemnmez Roberticus1992 KingKyumber Rhys Jackson DarkLycan Tom Pollard Ben L biohazardgamer