Parvist and Trotsky

Parvis was a respected russian socialist both among his fellow russians and among european socialists generally. He graduated with a doctorate in political economy in 18 91, but had his degree flagged and formally diminished by the university administration. After graduating, parvist did not return to russia, but instead settled in berlin, where he became active in the left wing of the german social democratic party. His reputation then sky rocketed in 19 o four, when, at the beginning of the ruso japanese war, parvis predicted both defeat for russia and resulting domestic upheavals.