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    Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein on November 7, 1879, in what is today known as Ukraine. He was the fifth child of a wealthy farmer, David Leontyevich Bronstein, and Anna Bronstein. The family was ethnically Jewish but not religious. At the age of nine, Trotsky was sent to Odessa to attend school, and as Deutscher points out in his biography, ‘Odessa was then a bustling cosmopolitan port city, very unlike the typical Russian city of the time. This environment contributed to the development

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    The Assassination of Leon Trotsky During the power struggle in Russia, an escaped prisoner of the name Lev Bronstein, was murdered on August 20th, 1940 by Ramon Mercader. Bronstein was a Russian marxist who went against Stalin’s beliefs. He was forced to leave the country by Stalin’s wishes. However, before he left he accomplished many things such as helping the Bolsheviks into power and creating the South Russian Workers Union. Lev Bronstein was born on November 8th, 1879 and grew up in a

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    The Life of Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky is well recognised as one of the greatest Marxists that ever lived. After being arrested, sentenced to exile twice and supporting the Mensheviks, Trotsky was deported to New York Citywhere he was to be a peaceful, productive member of society. Following the removal of the Tsar during the Russian Revolution, Trotsky returned to Russia in May 1917. In August 1917, Trotsky joined the Central Committee of the Bolshevik party whose

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    Kaitlynn Robison 4th period 1-27-2017 Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky was born in Yanovka, Ukraine on November, 7, 1879. He’s birth name was not Leon Trotsky it was Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, the name his parents gave him but then he changed his name. His parents were called David and Anna they were both prosperous Jewish farmers. A couple months after he turned eighteen help put work into helping the South Russian Workers Union, he was soon arrested within the first year of work. He then spent two

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    Leon Trotsky, originally known as Lev Davidovich Bronstein, was born November 7th in the year 1879. Born to a Jewish-Russian family of wealthy but illiterate farmers, he was sent to school in Odessa by age nine. Although he was enrolled in a German school, during his studies there the school was “Russified” during the Imperial Government’s policy of Russification. The environment of the town of Odessa contributed greatly to the development of Trotsky’s revolutionary ideas and his international outlook

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    Leon Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in 1879 in Kherson, Ukraine. He excelled academically from a young age and in 1896 moved to Nikolayev to complete his last year of schooling. Here, he was introduced to the ideas of Karl Marx and joined “The Orchard Commune” in which he was able to discuss revolutionary ideas with fellow students. The following year, he helped found the South Russian Workers’ Union. For the union’s activities, its members were arrested in 1898, forcing Trotsky into

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    The assassination of Leon Trotsky was unjust because he spread the ideal of socialism, he was also the trainer for the red army; however, some believed he had too much power. Leon Trotsky was unjust because he spread the ideal of socialism. He was inspired by the socialist message he received. He also had to deal with a lot of different case.” In 1902, he escaped to England using a forged passport under the name of Leon Trotsky (his original name was Lev Davidovich Bronshtein.” He was in the revolutionary

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    Cox, M. "Trotsky And His Interpreters; Or, Will The Real Leon Trotsky Please Stand Up?." Russian Review 51.1 (1992): 84. Academic Search Premier. Web. 7 Mar. 2016. Leon Trotsky was known as a key figure throughout Soviet history. He had a Marxist vision of a completely new society, which was very different from the reform in the USSR today. Leon supported international socialism. He was said to be an alternative to Stalin and in a way, a utopian. Trotsky became extremely hated and unpopular when

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    became the case for Leon Trotsky when he comes in the way of his partner Joseph Stalin’s pursuit for power. This is also happens to Snowball in the novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell. In the novel Animal Farm, Snowball represents Leon Trotsky of the Russian Revolution because of his compassion, intelligence, and heroicness. Having these characteristics led to both of them being betrayed and exiled from their Revolutions. A characteristic that Snowball and Leon Trotsky both possess is they

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    Leon Trotsky also known as Lev Davidovich Bronstein was born on November 7, 1879. He was born in Yanovka which is now known as Ukraine. When Trotsky was about eight years old his parents sent him to Odessa school, which is a major cultural center of multi-ethnic population. When he started his last year of schooling, which was when his life as a revolutionary began to take shape. It was in Nikolayev at the age of 17; Trotsky started to skip school and was going to talk with political exiles and also

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