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Trotsky was living in New York City when the February Revolution of 1917 overthrew Tsar Nicholas II. He left New York on March 27, but his ship was intercepted by British naval officials in Halifax, Nova Scotia and he spent a month detained at Amherst, Nova Scotia. After initial hesitation, the Russian foreign minister Pavel Milyukov was forced to demand that Trotsky be released, and the British government freed Trotsky on April 29. He finally made his way back to Russia on May 4.
Does anyone know why Milyukov was "forced" to demand Trotsky's release? Had he dithered a while longer, he would probably have figured out that the Bolsheviks were plenty dangerous enough without one more potential leader, and allowed the British to keep him detention.

This could lead to significant butterflies, considering Trotsky's critical role in the military reorganization of the nascent Soviet regime.
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