stackyFACTSWhy give speeches on a boring stage when you can do it from a heavily armored locomotive? During the Russian Civil War, Leon Trotsky lived on a massive armored train that featured a printing press, a telegraph station, a library, and a full brass band, constantly blasting revolutionary cheer at terrified peasants.
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