- Born
- November 7, 1879
- Died
- August 21, 1940 (aged 60)
- Place of birth
- Ianovka, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
- Also known as
- Lev Davidovich Bronstein, Leon Trotski, Leão, Leo Trocador
- Titles
- 10 titles
Biography
Lev Davidovich Bronstein, better known as Leon Trotsky was a Russian revolutionary, politician, journalist and political theorist. He was a central figure in the establishment of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union. Ideologically a Marxist, Trotsky's writings and thought inspired a major school of the ideology known as Trotskyism.
