In March 1928 on Trotsky´s request, Stalin meet with the dissident outside of Lenin's dacha, later known as Gorki Leninskije. Exactly what was being said can only be speculated upon. But through cryptic
notes from Stalin, interviews with employees and
excerpts from Stalin's daughter Svetlana Iosifovna Allilujeva´s diary, the following is known.
• Trotsky is trying to make one last attempt to get Stalin to
abandon his policy of "socialism in one country" in favor
of a world wide revolution.
• Trotsky put forward some information he received from loyal
subordinates during his tenure as president of the Soviet
electro-technical board. An object with fantastic properties had been
found. Other objects with weird features has been hinted upon.
• Trotsky put forward a new theory about humanity and how different groups should relate to each other. This new information, completely overthrows the foundation that both he and Stalin were brought up on.
• Trotsky implies there is more information. But he doessn´t want to share this before he is sure Stalin knows the ramifications of what has to be done.
Shortly after this meeting, Trotsky is exiled to Alta Alma...
I'll be playing Anatoly Zelmanov, Professor of Archaeology at Tiblisi University and leader of the expedition. He's not an authoritative leader, but rather one who trusts in the skills of his team members, relying on their qualities to be able to act and think independently, though not without consent of the group or some benign guidance from his side.
"He said we were all cooked but we were all right as long as we did not know it. We were all cooked. The thing was not to recognize it."