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Leon Trotsky


Born
in Kherson, Russian Empire
November 07, 1879

Died
August 21, 1940

Genre
Philosophy, Politics

Influences
Karl Marx ...more


See also Лев Троцкий

Russian theoretician Leon Trotsky or Leon Trotski, originally Lev Davidovitch Bronstein, led the Bolshevik of 1917, wrote Literature and Revolution in 1924, opposed the authoritarianism of Joseph Stalin, and emphasized world; therefore later, the Communist party in 1927 expelled him and in 1929 banished him, but he included the autobiographical My Life in 1930, and the behest murdered him in exile in Mexico.

The exile of Leon Trotsky in 1929 marked rule of Joseph Stalin.

People better know this Marxist. In October 1917, he ranked second only to Vladimir Lenin. During the early days of the Soviet Union, he served first as commissar of people for foreign affairs and as the founder and commander of the Red Army and ...more

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My Life: An Attempt at an A...
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Their Morals and Ours: The ...
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Literature and Revolution
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“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”
― Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours: The Class Foundations of Moral Practice
tags: communism, democracy, freedom, history, liberty, philosophy, politics, revolution, socialism, utilitarianism
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“Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.”
― Leon Trotsky
tags: communism, democracy, freedom, history, hope, individualism, philosophy, politics, revolution, socialism
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“Life is not an easy matter…. You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.”
― Leon Trotsky, Diary in Exile, 1935
tags: cynicism, life, misery, weakness
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