In Russia itself the proletariat conquered in spite of the fact that there was no Soviet State in existence at the time elsewhere. For the victory are necessary, not only certain objective conditions, internal as well as external, but also certain subjective factors - the Party, the leadership, the strategy.
Leon TrotskyLook back at history - those who guided the revolution in the time of its culmination never kept their leading positions long after the turning point.
Leon Trotsky