Red Shadow | Aug 1, 2026
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A revolution’s heir is built up, then erased — and the answer is more complicated than a single order from Moscow.
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In this video we follow Leon Trotsky from the armored trains of the civil war to the exile in Mexico City, and trace the chain of decisions that handed the Soviet Union to a quieter, patienter man. Along the way we look at the February collapse, the creation of the Red Army from nothing, the strange partnership with Lenin, the split with Stalin over ideology and tactics, and the long, slow squeeze that turned a wartime hero into an outlaw in his own country. You will hear how Trotsky’s brilliance with crowds and soldiers became a liability in a political machine built on paperwork, fear and quiet loyalty. If you want stories about power, ambition and how the wrong kind of intelligence can lose to the right kind of patience, subscribe and turn on the bell — new chapters drop every week.
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