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Immediately after the revolution, Trotsky became the first Commissar of Foreign Affairs. Then at the outset of the Russian Civil War he became Commissar of War. He organized the Red Army in order to fight the opposing White Russian forces.

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Trotsky became Commissar of War after the revolution and commanded the Red Army forces in the Russian Civil War against the Russian White forces.

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