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Leon Trotsky Featured In Dual Powers: Revolution 1917

4/13/2018

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Leon Trotsky is also featured in the upcoming game Dual Powers: Revolution 1917. While he doesn't have his own Leader Card, he has Unit Tokens.

Leon Trotsky was one of the leading theorists of the Bolshevik Party, though early in the 1900's -- up until mid-1917 -- he sided with the Mensheviks who advocated for a more democratic approach to socialism.

Trotsky was arrested several times for revolutionary activities throughout his life but managed each time to escape. While in exile in Vienna, he founded and wrote for Pravda, a Russian newspaper for the "workers."

When the revolution broke out in 1917, Trotsky returned to Petrograd to help overthrow the Provisionary Government and was welcomed into the Bolshevik party in August. Trotsky served as the military leader of the revolution in Petrograd at the time Alexander Kerensky was trying to assert control of the Provisional Government.

With the successful uprising in November, Trotsky was second only to Vladimir Lenin in the Bolshevik Party. He would go on to rebuild the Red Army at the end of the Russian Civil War.

When Lenin's health declined, Joseph Stalin and others banded together against Trotsky, who had been an obvious successor. Trotsky was eventually exiled from Russia and was murdered in 1940.
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The design Stages of Our Dual Powers: Revolution 1917 Cover Art

4/12/2018

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Meet The Petrograd Soviet and Provisional Government Leaders To Be Featured in Dual Powers: Revolution 1917

4/9/2018

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Joseph Stalin

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During the Russian Revolution, Joseph Stalin helped seize control of the Pravda newspaper -- an organ of the Bolshevik movement -- and helped organize an armed display of strength by Bolshevik supporters.

When the provisional government cracked down on Pravda, Stalin protected Vladimir Lenin (the editor at the time), moving him between safe houses in Petrograd and then eventually to Razliv. Stalin remained and acted as leader of the Bolsheviks in Lenin's absence.

Eventually, Stalin and others directed the Octobor Revolution, consolidating power for themselves. Stalin become one of four leading the government alongside Lenin.

After Lenin died, Stalin outmaneuvered his rivals to control the party and would become infamous for his brutal dictatorial rule (1929-1953) during which millions of his own citizens died.

Vladimr Lenin

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Lenin was politically active as a Marxist from an early age. By the time of the revolution and the formation of the Provisional Government, Lenin immediately opposed it. Lenin believed the government to be imperialistic and that the people should be ruled solely by the workers, peasants, and soldiers.

Lenin pushed for an armed uprising in Petrograd in 1917 where the government clashed violently with the demonstrators. Throughout 1917, Lenin would come and go from Petrograd, at times fearing for his life, but all the while continuing to agitate and plan the overthrow of the Provisional Government.

In October, Lenin's Bolsheviks besieged the government (October Suprise) and Lenin became Chairman of the new Council of People's Commissars and the first head (1917-24) of the Soviet state.

Grigory Zindviev

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An associate of Vladimir Lenin, Grigory Zinoviev arrived in Russia in April 1917, shortly after the Russian monarchy was overthrown. As a Bolshevik revolutionary, he spent much of his time with Vladimir Lenin plotting the overthrow of the newly formed provisional government, the Petrograd Soviet.

While Zinoviev and Lenin shared the same end goal, Zinoviev disagreed with Lenin on one major point -- Zinoviev opposed the use of force. Pressure from within the Central Committee eventually let Zinoviev and others to resign, leading Lenin to declare Zinoviev a "deserter." Eventually, Zinoviev regained his favor, and as an outstanding orator helped win public support for the new Communist regime.

In the years to follow, Zinoviev became a central figure in the Communist Party leadership in the Soviet Union. He later was a victim of Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge, even though Stalin and Zinoviev had been close political allies for a time.

Lavr Kornilov

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From an early age until his death, Lavr Kornilov was an ambitious military man. Having been promoted to the rank of Colonel after the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), and having served as military attache to China (1907-11), by the start of WWI Kornilov was tasked with commanding an infantry division.

When the February Revolution of 1917 transpired Kornilov was assigned military control of Petrograd (St. Petersburg) where he attempted to restore cohesion in a deteriorating Russian Army. Kornilov didn't remain in Petrograd for long, resigned and returned to the front.

In August, Kornilov was promoted to commander in chief by newly appointed Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky. The two had widely differing political views and their distrust of one another came to a head when Kerensky sent troops toward Petrograd in an apparent coup attempt (Kornilov Affair), which Kerensky promptly quashed by dismissing Kornilov and barring his troops from rail access.

In September, Kornilov was arrested and imprisoned. He soon escaped and would lead an anti-Bolshevik army until his death a few months later.

Alexander Kernesky

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As a moderate, Alexander Kerensky played active roles in both the Petrograd Soviet as vice chairman and in the Provisional Government as minister of justice. While the Soviets tried to prohibit its members from joining the government, Kerensky remained and became a liaison between the two governing bodies.

In May 1917, Kerensky became Minister of War but was criticized for an unsuccessful military operation during WWI. His blundered offensive was quickly overshadowed by the Bolshevik uprising in July. It was then that Kerensky succeeded Prince Lvov as Russia's Prime Minister.

By October 1917, Kerensky's government had lost nearly all support and the Bolsheviks seized control. Kerensky fled to France and later emigrated to the United States at the start of WWII.

Georgy Lvov

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Georgy Lvov graduated with a degree in law from the University of Moscow and entered politics when he was elected to a ministerial position in the First Duma (1905), the legislative assembly during the late Russian Empire.

As leader of the Union of Zemstvos during WWI, Lvov provided relief for the sick and wounded and procured supplies for the army, winning the respect of many politicians and army commanders.
When Emperor Nicholas II abdicated the throne in 1917, Lvov became the first head of the Russian provisional government.

Unable to satisfy the radical demands of an increasingly volatile public, Lvov resigned his position after a few short months and was replaced by his Minister of War, Alexander Kerensky.

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