Lenin and Trotsky - A Mistake Not to Be Undone

Lenin sought to balance the authority granted to stallin by pressing trotsky to become deputy chairman of the people's commissaurs. But rather than take this job, trotsky refused it. This left lenon disappointed and trotsky without a clear institutional claim to being lenin's anointed heir. It was another mistake he would not be able to later undo. By the fall of 19 22, lenin had recovered more than any one could have reasonably hoped back in may but was far from recovered back to his old strength. He would, in fact, never recover his old Strength.