Russian Jewish Revolutionary leader and Soviet politician, a close friend of Lenin. Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution' became unpopular after Stalin had gained power in the Soviet Union. Trotsky was assassinated by one of Stalin's agents. Although Trotsky later condemned the Red Terror, he was, perhaps, one of its first proponents. <Tab/>"Things are not going well. The Greek soldiers landed on the shores of Crimea, according to the reports of …
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…- a swearword, which ended all kinds of experiments. In 1938 Trotsky and his followers founded the Fourth International. During the Great Purge (1934-38), a wave of terror by which Stalin aimed at eliminating the opposition, Trotsky was accused of espionage. A supposed family friend, Jacques van den Dreschd, wounded Trotsky mortally on August 21, 1940 with an ice pick. "The vengeance of history is more terrible than the vengeance of the most powerful General Secretary." (from Stalin, 1946)