Trotsky. 'The Demon of Revolution'
33 hrs. 16 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Dmitry Volkogonov
Author
Dmitry Volkogonov
Narrator
Marina Yuryevna
Narrator
Marina Yuryevna
Description
He was praised as a “fiery revolutionary,” “leader of the Red Army,” and a prophet of communism. He is cursed as a butcher of Russia, an inspirer of the Red Terror, and “the demon of revolution.”
One of the organizers of the October coup, Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic, People’s Commissar of War, Lenin’s closest ally—during the Civil War years he was considered his main heir. Trotsky fought for his beliefs fanatically and relentlessly, obsessing over the “world revolution” until the end of his days.
Even after losing the power struggle to Stalin and being expelled from the USSR—where the word “Trotskyism” became not just the worst insult, but a death sentence—“the demon of revolution” did not accept defeat, did not become cowardly, did not fall silent. He continued to condemn Stalin right up to his death at the hands of an NKVD agent. And even with his skull split open by an ice pick, he managed to grab the killer with his teeth and prevent him from escaping.
This sensational book, breaking through the wall of silence around Trotsky’s name, remains to this day his best biography. As someone personally acquainted with the Chekists who carried out his elimination—and having first gained access to ultra-secret intelligence correspondence of NKVD employees embedded in Trotsky’s circle—Dmitry Volkogonov told the full truth about the vivid life and terrible death of Stalin’s main enemy.
One of the organizers of the October coup, Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic, People’s Commissar of War, Lenin’s closest ally—during the Civil War years he was considered his main heir. Trotsky fought for his beliefs fanatically and relentlessly, obsessing over the “world revolution” until the end of his days.
Even after losing the power struggle to Stalin and being expelled from the USSR—where the word “Trotskyism” became not just the worst insult, but a death sentence—“the demon of revolution” did not accept defeat, did not become cowardly, did not fall silent. He continued to condemn Stalin right up to his death at the hands of an NKVD agent. And even with his skull split open by an ice pick, he managed to grab the killer with his teeth and prevent him from escaping.
This sensational book, breaking through the wall of silence around Trotsky’s name, remains to this day his best biography. As someone personally acquainted with the Chekists who carried out his elimination—and having first gained access to ultra-secret intelligence correspondence of NKVD employees embedded in Trotsky’s circle—Dmitry Volkogonov told the full truth about the vivid life and terrible death of Stalin’s main enemy.
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