Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky (Roushie:  Лев Дави́дович Тро́цкий^?, Ukrainian: Лев Дави́дович Тро́цкий (Lev Davidovich Trotsky, an aa transliteratit Lyev, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky); Template:OldStyleDate – 21 August 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Roushie: Лев Дави́дович Бронштéйн‎), wis a Bolshevik revolutionary an Marxist theorist.

Trotsky wis ane o the leaders o the Roushie October Revolution, seicont ae tae Vladimir Lenin. Durin the early days o the Soviet Union, he served first as Fowkcommissar for Foreign Affairs an later as the foonder an commander o the Red Airmy an Fowkcommissar o War, he wis a major figure in the Bolshevik victory in the Roushie Civil War. He wis an aa amang the first members o the Politburo.

Efter leadin a failed struggle o the Left Opposition against the policies an rise o Joseph Stalin in the 1920s an the increasin role o bureaucracy in the Soviet Union, Trotsky wis successively removed frae pouer, expelled frae the Communist Pairty, deportit frae the Soviet Union an assassinatit on Stalin's orders. An early advocate o Red Airmy intervention against European fascism, Trotsky an aa opposed Stalin's peace agreements wi Adolf Hitler in the 1930s.

As the heid o the Fowert Internaitional, Trotsky continued in exile tae oppose the Stalinist bureaucracy in the Soviet Union, an wis eventually assassinatit in Mexico, bi Ramón Mercader, a Soviet agent. Trotsky's ideas form the basis o Trotskyism, a major school o Marxist thought that is opposed tae the theories o Stalinism. He wis ane o the few Soviet political figures who wis niver rehabilitatit bi the Gorbachev administration.

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