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 Empress Elizabeth
ruled Russia from 1742 to 1761. During her reign,
the death penalty was effectively ended, cultural
arts flourished, and Russia fought with
distinction during the Seven Years' War. |
 Tsar Alexander I
ruled Russia from 1801 to 1825. During that time
he fought two wars with France, wrested Finland
from Sweden, suppressed the secret police, and
began to reform the backward educational system. |
 Leon
Trotsky was a part of the revolution
which gave rise to the Soviet Union. After the
revolution he served as Commissar of War, in
which capacity he organized a new Red Army. In
1927 he was expelled from the Communist Party for
"anti-party activities" and banished
from the country. |
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