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Turning point · The Russian Revolution, 1905–1924
Sviyazhsk: Trotsky’s train
Aug–Sep 1918 — From an armoured train Trotsky halts the panicked retreat toward Moscow — with rewards, commissars and executions — and retakes Kazan. The moment the Red Army stops running and starts winning.
This is one scene of Chapter 6 — The Ring of Fire in The Russian Revolution, 1905–1924.
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