Leaders of the Russian Revolution Leon Trotsky on Yakov Sverdlov (March 1925) By Leon Trotsky 5 October 2017 As part of the commemoration of the centenary of the October Revolution in 1917, the World Socialist Web Site is publishing a series of profiles of leaders of the Russian Revolution. We are publishing here a … Continue reading Leon Trotsky on Yakov Sverdlov (March 1925)