Grigory Sokolnikov (1888 - 1939) was a Bolshevik, and a friend of Leon Trotsky. 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... 1915 passport photo of Trotsky Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Leo, Lev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij and Trotzky ) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 - August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist intellectual. ...

He served as the Commissar of Finance, as well as Soviet ambassador to England. He was a member of the left opposition, creator of the first stable Soviet currency, a member of the delegation that signed the Brest-Litovsk treaty in 1918, and was killed during the great purge under Stalin. Commissar (комисса́р) was an official title used in post-revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union. ... Soviet redirects here. ... For other uses, see Ambassador (disambiguation). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, at Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk, between Russia and the Central Powers, marking Russias exit from World War I. The treaty was practically obsolete before the end of the year but is significant as a chief... The Great Purge is the name given to campaigns of repression in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s which included a purge of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ...