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The whites did not win the civil war. The reds did. the end
After the October Revolution put the Bolsheviks in power, civil war broke out to remove them. Leon Trotsky was made People's Commissar of War and given the task of creating an army to fight against the other side. Trotsky was responsible for organizing the Red Army from Bolshevik militia, army units that supported the Bolsheviks and others into an effective fighting force. He was also good at strategy and tactics in the war. He traveled by armored train from one place to another to direct operations in those areas as needed. He is credited with being the main reason the Red forces defeated the opposing White forces rather than just being a help to win the civil war.
Trotksy certainly played a key role as People's Commisar [Minister] for War and managed to persuade many former Tsarist officers to stay in Russia and join the Red Army.
Bolshevik revolutionary leader was Leon Trotsky
he win simply:)
...He didn't. Trotsky was outsmarted by a political animal more cunning and cruel than he: Joseph Stalin.
The whites did not win the civil war. The reds did. the end
The main persons vying for power were Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. There were others, such as Grigori Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin, but the first battle was between Trotsky and Stalin. Lenin favored Trotsky over Stalin, but Stalin was too entrenched in the Communist Party for Trotsky to win that struggle.
YES, Cmon, you Reds!
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Cincinnati Reds
They killed.
In 1977, the Cincinnati Reds had an 88-74 record.
In 2011, the Cincinnati Reds had a 79-83 record.
Trotsky was an ethnic Jew, but was not a religious believer. Trotsky was an atheist.
Stalin had always supported the Bolsheviks, while Trotsky only switched from the Menshevik party to the Bolshevik party after it was apparent that the Bolsheviks would win. Trotsky was a thinker with brilliant speeches, Stalin used force for votes. Trotsky led the army, while Stalin was the secretary. Stalin had great political appeal, but Trotsky had great militaristic and organisational appeal. Furthermore, Stalin was mentally and physically strong, but after Lenin's death, Trotsky began breaking down. The power struggle between the two sparked a conflict in which Trotsky fled the USSR but was later disposed.
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