... but through no mention of the dictator. Although this may not seem as though Trotsky is continuing the fight, the absence of Stalin in Trotsky's account of the October revolution and the emphasis on Lenin's relationship with the author places Trotsky as a greater supporter and a more favourable leader in the eyes of Lenin. Stalin is therefore seen as having no input or influence in the October revolution and as a result of this, Trotsky would be seen as a more appropriate leader of the Bolsheviks and socialist Russia. Despite the questionable intentions of Trotsky's autobiography it can still very much be taken into account as an accurate depiction of the revolution, "after a close and critical examination I still find Trotsky's My Life as scrupulously truthful as any work of this kind can be".1 Many factors assisted the Bolsheviks in their victory in October and an external factor that ...

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