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Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) was a Russian revolutionary, Marxist theorist, and one of the key leaders of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in Ukraine, he became a close ally of Vladimir Lenin and played a crucial role in organizing the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. Trotsky advocated for permanent revolution and opposed Joseph Stalin’s rise to power. Exiled from the Soviet Union in 1929, he lived in several countries, continuing to write and promote socialist ideas. In 1940, he was assassinated in Mexico by a Soviet agent. His legacy remains influential in leftist politics.
