Leon trotsky biography 1918 flu
Leon trotsky biography 1918 flu
Leon trotsky biografia!
Trotsky, Leon
By Ian D. Thatcher
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
Leon Trotsky was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, a politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army.
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Trotsky, Leon
(Lev, Davidovich)
Russian revolutionary communist
Born 26 October 1879 in Yanovka, Russian Empire
Died 21 August 1940 in Coyoacan, Mexico
Summary
Leon Trotsky's communist leadership was partially responsible for bringing about the October Revolution of 1917, after which Russia exited the First World War.Starting as an activist, he became People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs and People’s Commissar for War in the first Soviet government. Trotsky's commitment to international revolution clashed with Joseph Stalin’s theory of soci