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Leon Trotsky during the Russian Revolution and Civil War period. Creator recorded on source page. Public domain or freely licensed; see source record.
1879–1940
Revolutionary leader, organiser of the Red Army and later opponent of Stalin.
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Revolutionary leader, organiser of the Red Army and later opponent of Stalin. Trotsky joined the Bolsheviks in 1917 and chaired the Petrograd Soviet during the seizure of power. He negotiated Russia's exit from the First World War and built the Red Army during civil war. Defeated by Stalin's coalition after Lenin's death, he was exiled and murdered in Mexico by a Soviet agent.
Leon Trotsky is particularly known for Revolutionary leader, organiser of the Red Army and later opponent of Stalin., Russian Revolution.
Leon Trotsky lived 1879–1940. This profile places that life within 20th Century and Russian Revolution.
Leon Trotsky's career belongs within Russian Revolution. Revolution emerged from war, social conflict and state collapse rather than one leader's design. Civil war then hardened institutions of coercion and one-party rule. The central subjects here are the events behind this summary: Revolutionary leader, organiser of the Red Army and later opponent of Stalin.
Trotsky joined the Bolsheviks in 1917 and chaired the Petrograd Soviet during the seizure of power. He negotiated Russia's exit from the First World War and built the Red Army during civil war. Defeated by Stalin's coalition after Lenin's death, he was exiled and murdered in Mexico by a Soviet agent.
Trotsky joined the Bolsheviks in 1917 and chaired the Petrograd Soviet during the seizure of power. He negotiated Russia's exit from the First World War and built the Red Army during civil war. Defeated by Stalin's coalition after Lenin's death, he was exiled and murdered in Mexico by a Soviet agent.
1879: Born. Leon Trotsky was born in 1879. 20th Century: Historical career. Revolutionary leader, organiser of the Red Army and later opponent of Stalin.
1940: Died. Leon Trotsky died in 1940.
Leon Trotsky's career belongs within Russian Revolution. Revolution emerged from war, social conflict and state collapse rather than one leader's design. Civil war then hardened institutions of coercion and one-party rule. The central subjects here are the events behind this summary: Revolutionary leader, organiser of the Red Army and later opponent of Stalin.
Leon Trotsky was born in 1879.
Revolutionary leader, organiser of the Red Army and later opponent of Stalin.
Leon Trotsky died in 1940.
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