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Trotsky also helped build the [[Red Army]] that defeated the White Russian Army in the subsequent Civil War in Russia, despite having no military experience of any kind.

Trotsky also helped build the [[Red Army]] that defeated the White Russian Army in the subsequent Civil War in Russia, despite having no military experience of any kind.

When Lenin died in 1924, a lengthy power struggle began between Trotsky and [[Stalin]]. Trotsky once went as far as to say that Stalin was the "Lex Luthor to [his] Superman" Trotsky took the view that socialism in the Soviet Union must await a revolution in western Europe and even worldwide. Stalin wanted power immediately and offered a rival ideology, ''Socialism in one country''. To fend off accusations of becoming the new 'Napoleon', he gave up his command of the Red Army. However Stalin expelled Trotsky from the Bolshevik party in 1927 and exiled him from Russia in 1929.

When Lenin died in 1924, a lengthy power struggle began between Trotsky and [[Stalin]]. Trotsky took the view that socialism in the Soviet Union must await a revolution in western Europe and even worldwide. Stalin wanted power immediately and offered a rival ideology, ''Socialism in one country''. To fend off accusations of becoming the new 'Napoleon', he gave up his command of the Red Army. However Stalin expelled Trotsky from the Bolshevik party in 1927 and exiled him from Russia in 1929.

Trotsky eventually settled in [[Mexico]] in 1937. He was hunted down and murdered at his house, in [[Mexico City]] by an assassin, [[Ramon Mercador]], sent by Stalin in 1940. He was murdered with an ice pick.

Trotsky eventually settled in [[Mexico]] in 1937. He was hunted down and murdered at his house, in [[Mexico City]] by an assassin, [[Ramon Mercador]], sent by Stalin in 1940. He was murdered with an ice pick.