Important dude early on, esp. as a general. Didn't really rise to leadership because, among other things, others in the PolitBuro were afraid of Bonapartisme.
In the troika after Lenin, Stalin prevailed, and reasonably purged Trotsky. Trotsky would've purged Stalin, just communist leadership troika things ya know. Then his criticism against the USSR, some of which was cool but most wasn't, resulted in his assassination. This made him a symbol for leftcommunists to this day, even if leftcoms are different now.
Important dude early on, esp. as a general. Didn't really rise to leadership because, among other things, others in the PolitBuro were afraid of Bonapartisme.
In the troika after Lenin, Stalin prevailed, and reasonably purged Trotsky. Trotsky would've purged Stalin, just communist leadership troika things ya know. Then his criticism against the USSR, some of which was cool but most wasn't, resulted in his assassination. This made him a symbol for leftcommunists to this day, even if leftcoms are different now.