Bolshevik leader
Leon Trotsky
Life
1879–1940
A central figure of the revolution, his original family name fed a bitter saying.
What the sources say
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3 statements
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Trotsky, Zinoviev, Sverdlov, and Kamenev held central posts in the new regime.
02
A saying summed up the cost: the Trotskys made the revolution and the Bronshteyns paid for it.
03
Italian Fascism and the Bolshevik victory also grew out of the war.