Revolutionary Heroism Quotes



Lev Davidovich Bronstein. Although Plekhanov was the intellectual giant of Russian communism, he died only two years into the revolution. He was never happy with some of the pragmatic compromises the younger firebrand communist leaders were making from their ideals. By the time he passed away, most, especially the younger, communist leaders like Stalin saw him as an old obstructionist and he was never celebrated as a hero by the communists. It was Trotsky and older leaders like Lenin who appreciated him. See {590463}.