Leon Trotsky

Description: Lev Davidovich Bronstein more commonly known as Leon Trotsky was a Soviet revolutionary He played a major role during the October uprising in Russia and during the Civil WarAfter Lenins death in 1924 as Stalin was rising to power Trotsky formed a tendency within the Bolshevik Party called the Left Opposition he greatly criticized Stalins theory of Socialism in One Country preferring the theory of a worldwide permanent revolutionHis opposition to the ideas of Stalin had most of his friends and relatives killed forcing him into exile outside of the USSR first in Europe notably in France where he founded the Fourth International and later in MexicoHe was eventually assassinated August 20 1940 by Ramn Mercader a Spanish agent of the NKVD

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Date: 2017-07-10

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