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Leon Trotsky was a communist theorist and Soviet politician. He played a key role in the Russian Revolution of 1917. During this time, Trotsky directed the Soviet military forces. He later served as the Soviet commissar of foreign affairs (1917–18) and of war (1918–24).

Name: Léon Trotsky Birth Year: 1879 Birth date: November 7, 1879 Birth City: Yanovka Birth Country: Ukraine Gender: Male Best Known For: Communist Leon Trotsky helped ignite the Russian...

Leon Trotsky, 1920 © Trotsky was a key figure in the Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia, second only to Vladimir Lenin in the early stages of Soviet communist rule. But he lost out to Joseph...

Leon Trotsky (Nov. 7, 1879–Aug. 21, 1940) was a Communist theorist, prolific writer, a leader in the 1917 Russian Revolution, the people's commissar for foreign affairs under Vladimir Lenin (1917–1918), and then head of the Red Army as the people's commissar of army and navy affairs (1918–1924). Exiled from the Soviet Union after losing a ...

Trotskyism was to become the primary theoretical target of Stalinism (q.v.) in Russian Communist circles in the 1920s and 1930s. Trotsky’s theory of “permanent revolution” held that, historically, an economic system had to be seen as a world system rather than a national one.

During the Russian Revolution of 1917, he plotted a coup of the provisional government with Lenin and formed the Red Army, which defeated the anti-Bolshevik White Army in the ensuing civil war....

Leon Trotsky was a significant figure in Marxist theory and politics and a crucial figure in the Russian Revolution. He played a significant role in the organisation of the October Revolution, led peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk and as commissar for war, helped form and shape the Red Army.

Exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded by an ice-ax-wielding assassin at his compound outside Mexico City. The killer—Ramón Mercader—was a Spanish communist and probable...