leon trotsky
Stalin was the Commissar of State Control and then the Commissar of Nationalities under Lenin.
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.
Leon Trotsky was a Soviet Socialist revolutionary, politician and founding leader of Red Army. He was People's commissar of foreign affairs in the initial days of Soviet Union and after he helped establish Red Army, was People's commissar of military and naval affairs. He was one of the first members of Politburo.
Leon Trotsky was a large reason why they won the civil war, becaue he was the Commissar of War and the one who organized the Red Army into a coherent military force. He was certainly not the only reason though, since a large part of the Russian populace supported the Bolsheviks and the Red Army against the White forces.
Leon Trotsky led the Petrograd Soviet at the time of the October Revolution in 1917. He also led the Red Army as Commissar of War during the Russian Civil War. He never did lead Russia or the Soviet Union at any time.
Leon Trotsky became Commissar of War and organized it into an efficient military force that defeated the opposition forces in the Russian Civil War.
Trotsky never ruled Russia. After the revolution put Lenin and the Bolsheviks in power, Trotsky was considered the number two man behind Lenin. Lenin died in 1924 and the country was then run by Joseph Stalin, Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev. Stalin had Trotsky expelled from the country, had ousted Zinoviev and Kamenev and took full power to himself by 1928. Thus, Trotsky never was in charge.
The Red Army was a nickname for the Soviet Army.
Commissar - Communist party officials assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty during The Russian Revolution.
Commissar - Communist party officials assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty during The Russian Revolution.
Leon Trotsky was the founder of the Red Army. He was the People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR from 1917 to 1918. He was a Marxist and a revolutionary. Trotsky lived from 1879 to 1940 when he was assassinated.
Leon Trotsky commanded the Red Army.