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Leon Trotsky

1879 CE – 1940 CE

Retrace Leon Trotsky's life across the map — 12 events in chronological order, from a cinematic flythrough to a full timeline.

Life journey

1. July Days1917 CE
   The July Days were a period of unrest in Petrograd, Russia, between 16–20 July [O.S. 3–7 July] 1917. It was characterised by spontaneous armed demonstrations by soldiers, sailors, and industrial workers engaged against the Russian Provisional Government. The demonstrations were angrier and more violent than those during the February Revolution months earlier.
2. Civil War on the Don1917 CE
   The Don Civil War was a military action between the Don Cossacks and supporters of Lenin's Council of People's Commissars, primarily in the Don Host Oblast, which took place from November 1917 to the spring of 1920. It was part of the Russian Civil War.
3. October Revolution1917 CE
   The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution, October coup, Bolshevik coup, Bolshevik Revolution, and occasionally the November Revolution, was the second of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. It was led by Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks as part of the broader Russian Revolution of 1917–1923. It began through an insurrection in Petrograd on 7 November 1917 [O.S. 25 October]. It was the precipitating event of the Russian Civil War. The initial stage of the October Revolution, which involved the assault on Petrograd, occurred largely without any casualties.
4. Russian Civil War1917 CE
   The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. It resulted in the formation of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and later the Soviet Union in most of its territory. Its finale marked the end of the Russian Revolution, which was one of the key events of the 20th century.
5. Latvian War of Independence1918 CE
   The Latvian War of Independence, sometimes called Latvia's freedom battles or the Latvian War of Liberation, was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly proclaimed Republic of Latvia was invaded by Soviet Russia, and the signing of the Latvian-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty on 11 August 1920.
6. Advance on Moscow (1919)1919 CE
   The Advance on Moscow was a military campaign of the White Armed Forces of South Russia (AFSR), launched against the RSFSR in July 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The goal of the campaign was the capture of Moscow, which, according to the chief of the White Army Anton Denikin, would play a decisive role in the outcome of the Civil War and bring the Whites closer to the final victory. After initial successes, in which the city of Oryol at only 360 kilometres (220 mi) from Moscow was taken, Denikin's overextended Army was decisively defeated in a series of battles in October and November 1919.
7. Battle of Petrograd1919 CE
   The Battle of Petrograd was a campaign started in 1919 by the White movement to take the city of Petrograd. The city held significant value for the Bolsheviks, as it was the same city in which the October Revolution had taken place. The battle coincided with the White Army's broader campaign to capture Moscow.
8. Revolt of Czechoslovak Legion1920 CE
   The revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion comprised the armed actions of the Czechoslovak Legion in the Russian Civil War against Bolshevik authorities, beginning in May 1918 and persisting through evacuation of the Legion from Siberia to Europe in 1920. The revolt, occurring in Volga, Ural, and Siberia regions along the Trans-Siberian Railway, was a reaction to a threat initiated by the Bolsheviks partly as a consequence of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. One major secondary consequence of victories by the Legion over the Bolsheviks was to catalyze anti-Bolshevik activity in Siberia, particularly of the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly, and to provide a major boost for the anti-Bolshevik or White forces, likely protracting the Russian Civil War.
9. Polish–Soviet War1920 CE
   The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution.
10. Kronstadt rebellion1921 CE
    The Kronstadt rebellion was a 1921 insurrection of Soviet sailors, naval infantry, and civilians against the Bolshevik government in the Russian port city of Kronstadt. Located on Kotlin Island in the Gulf of Finland, Kronstadt defended the former capital city, Petrograd, as the base of the Baltic Fleet. For sixteen days in March 1921, rebels in Kronstadt's naval fortress rose in opposition to the Soviet government which they had helped to consolidate. Led by Stepan Petrichenko, it was the last major revolt against Bolshevik rule on Russian territory during the Russian Civil War.
11. Enver Pasha's campaign in Bukhara1922 CE
    In January 1922, the Basmachi movement under the command of Turkish general Enver Pasha launched a military campaign to wrest control of Bukhara and Khorezm from Soviet forces led by Mikhail Frunze, Semyon Budyonny and Kamenev. The Basmachis seized most of the Bukharan and Khorezm People's Soviet Republics, challenging Soviet authority in the region by May, but Soviet counter-offensives in June forced the Basmachis to end their operation. The campaign formed part of the broader Basmachi Movement against Soviet rule in Central Asia following the Russian Civil War.
12. assassination of Leon Trotsky1940 CE
    On 20 August 1940, Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and political theorist Leon Trotsky was fatally attacked by NKVD agent Ramón Mercader with an ice axe at his residence in Mexico City. Trotsky died from his injuries at a nearby hospital the next day.

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