Leon Trotsky
7 November 1879 – 21 August 1940
Leon Trotsky was a Russian revolutionary, Marxist theorist, and politician who was a key leader of the October Revolution and founder of the Red Army. After losing a power struggle with Stalin, he was expelled from the Soviet Union, went into exile, and was assassinated in Mexico in 1940.
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Life events
Lev Davidovich Bronstein, later known as Trotsky, was born in Yanovka in the Russian Empire.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was arrested for revolutionary activity and exiled to Siberia, from which he later escaped.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe led the Petrograd Soviet during the 1905 Revolution and again in 1917.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe organized the Bolshevik seizure of power in Petrograd as head of the Military Revolutionary Committee.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAs People's Commissar for Military Affairs he organized the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter losing the power struggle with Stalin, he was expelled from the party.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was expelled from the USSR and began years of exile abroad.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was granted asylum in Mexico, where he continued to write against Stalinism.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was attacked with an ice axe by a Soviet agent and died of his wounds the next day.
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