Trotsky had been a key figure in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III
24th July 2019
On the 7th November 1917, Red Guards entered the Winter Palace in St Petersburg in a defining event of the Bolshevik Revolution.
On the 20th December 1917, the Russian Bolshevik secret police known as the Cheka was established.
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions.
Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.
20th January 1942: Nazi leaders meet at the Wannsee Conference
20th January 2020
18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
18th January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018