The Revolution Founder Stalin Erased With Ice Pick

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]The man who saved the revolution was destroyed by the machine he built. It's 1917, Petrograd, Russia. Lenin's Bolsheviks have seized power, but White Army forces surround the city. Leon Trotsky creates the Red Army from nothing. He rides armored trains between battlefronts, inspiring soldiers [music] with fiery speeches. His brilliant tactics save Petrograd and crush the counter-revolution. Lenin calls him indispensable. Trotsky becomes his right-hand man, the face of world revolution. For five years he stands as the most charismatic leader in the communist world. But while Trotsky dreams of global uprising, Stalin quietly builds control through party appointments and bureaucratic networks.

[00:00:41]Lenin [music] dies and the succession battle begins. Stalin uses his administrative power to isolate Trotsky, painting him as a dangerous outsider.

[00:00:49]Trotsky finds himself expelled [music] from the party he helped create. He flees into exile, writing desperate warnings about Stalin's growing dictatorship. In Mexico City, [music] 1940, Ramon Mercader approaches with an ice axe hidden beneath his coat. The strike [music] comes swift and fatal.

[00:01:05]The revolutionary who built the Red Army was Leon Trotsky.