Leon Trotsky built the Red Army into an efficient military organization.
Leon Trotsky was the first leader of the Red Army. He joined the Bolsheviks before and soon after became one of their leaders.
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Leon Trotsky accused Joseph Stalin of being a tyrant and demanded democracy. Although Lenin wanted Trotsky to assume leadership after his death, Stalin's supporters out-maneuvered Trotsky. Stalin suppressed Lenin's will and manipulated Trotsky out of his post of Commissioner of War as well as out of the Politburo.
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky opposed Joseph Stalin, Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev among others.
Seems like Leon Trotsky to me. He opposed Stalin for which he was exiled and eventually assassinated in Mexico by a Soviet agent.
Trotsky believed in what is now defined as "orthodox communism" he severely opposed the mass purges and numerous murders carried out by the Stalinist regime.
Leon Trotsky was a good leader of the revolution.
Leon Trotsky was murdered in 1940.
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
Leon Trotsky died on August 21, 1940 at the age of 60.
Trotsky was murdered in Mexico.
After spending imprisonment in Siberia, Leon Trotsky was allowed to live, by Stalin. Trotsky began his exile in Turkey in Alam Ata.
Leon Trotsky built the Red Army into an efficient military organization.
In the 1920's, Leon Trotsky opposed the bureaucracy and policies of Josef Stalin. As a result, he was removed from power in 192,7 and deported from the Soviet Union in 1929. He found asylum in Mexico and continued his opposition to the Stalinist government. He and most of his family were killed on Stalin's orders.
After Vladimir Lenin died, Stalin's rivals for power were Leon Trotsky, Grigori Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev and Nikolai Bukharin.