Leon Trotsky played a significant role in the decline and fall of the Romanov Dynasty and could definitely be categorised as a force of change during this time in Tsarist Russia. He was, alongside Lenin, one of the two greatest Marxists of the twentieth century. His whole life was entirely devoted to the cause of the working class and international socialism.

Trotsky was second in authority to Lenin during Russia's 1917 Bolshevik revolution and therefore held powerful positions in the Communist Party's new government.

A devoted Marxist, Trotsky led many revolutionist groups such as the Fifth Party Congress and the St Petersburg Soviet. He was said to have alone defended the genuine traditions, ideas and methods of Marxism.

As an active revolutionist, Trotsky was instrumental in founding various organisations including the Red Army, South...