Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky Лев Троцький | |
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| Born |
Lev Davidovich Bronstein Лев Давидович Бронштейн 7 November 1879 Yanovka, Russian Empire |
| Died |
21 August 1940 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | Jewish Ukrainian |
| Ideology |
Revisionism Trotskyism Left-opportunism Anti-Stalinism |
| Political party |
RSDLP(Mensheviks) Mezhraiontsy All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) |
Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) was an opportunist figure who vacillated between Mensheviks and Bolsheviks while seeking to promote his own tendency. He is the main proponent of Trotskyism.[1]