In 1927, which Russian leader booted his rivals – Trotsky, Zinoviev, and Kamenev – out of the Communist Party, veritably shaping the future of Soviet Russia?

Stalin had a thing for ridding Russia of his rivals. The Soviet leader fought his way to the top, becoming dictator in 1929 after Vladimir Lenin died in 1924. His main rival, Leon Trotsky, was exiled and later assassinated in Mexico City. The Great Purge or the Great Terror was enacted not long after, from 1936 to 1938, during which 750,000 people are estimated by experts to have been executed. *Watch the black-comedy, Death of Stalin, for a satirical take on this period.

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