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Homage to Mad Men - Trotsky
Leon Trotsky (Russian: Лeв Давидович Трóцкий , Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (November 7 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лeв Давидович Бронштéйн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. He was one of the leaders of the Russian October Revolution, second only to Lenin. During the early days of the Soviet Union, he served first as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army and People's Commissar of War. He was also among the first members of the Politburo.
After leading the failed struggle of the Left Opposition against the policies and rise of Joseph Stalin in the 1920s and the increasing role of bureaucracy in the Soviet Union, Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and deported from the Soviet Union.
On August 20, 1940, Trotsky was successfully attacked in his home in Mexico by a NKVD agent, Ramón Mercader, who drove the pick of an ice axe into Trotsky's skull
Trotsky had brains. His rival, Stalin, had muscle.
Homage to Mad Men - Trotsky
Leon Trotsky (Russian: Лeв Давидович Трóцкий , Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (November 7 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лeв Давидович Бронштéйн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. He was one of the leaders of the Russian October Revolution, second only to Lenin. During the early days of the Soviet Union, he served first as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army and People's Commissar of War. He was also among the first members of the Politburo.
After leading the failed struggle of the Left Opposition against the policies and rise of Joseph Stalin in the 1920s and the increasing role of bureaucracy in the Soviet Union, Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and deported from the Soviet Union.
On August 20, 1940, Trotsky was successfully attacked in his home in Mexico by a NKVD agent, Ramón Mercader, who drove the pick of an ice axe into Trotsky's skull
Trotsky had brains. His rival, Stalin, had muscle.