44:49 - 48:33
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Leon Trotsky criticizes his opponents in one of the most quoted speeches as the Bolsheviks consolidate power over the Petrograd Soviet and the Russian Revolution in general while modern experts weigh in.
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A brief explanation of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the key figures of Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin.
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