"Trotzky for many years was not a Bolshevist at all; then he became one at intervals and finally relapsed into his original anti-Bolshevism." Thus said Grigori Zinoviev, boss of the Third (Communist) Internationale, ex-War Lord Trotzky's most intractable foe.
He thereupon dismissed the disgraced Trotzky from his duties on the Council of Labor and Defense, thus depriving him of his last Government position.
As a final mark of his disgrace, the Triumvirate (Stalin, Zinoviev, Kamenev) ordered Trotzky's magnificent train-it included a diner, sleeper, library car and Avas fitted with a printing press and a...
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