Leon Trotsky was one of the Communist leaders of the Russian Revolution in 1917. He died in 1924.
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Leon Trotsky was born Lev (Leiba) Davidovich Bronshtein. He was born on November 7, 1879 near Yelizavetgrad in the Russian Empire.
When Trotsky was falling ill in 1923 with malaria like infection Lenin was dying and Trotsky needed to be at his most active. In 1924 Lenin passed away and Trotsky was recovering from his illness. Trotsky telephoned Stalin to ask the date of when the funeral was, Stalin replied with 'On Saturday, you can't get back in time anyway so we advise you to carry on with your treatment'. This in fact was a lie and the funeral was on Sunday and Trotsky could have reached Moscow by then. Where as at the funeral it looked bad on Trotsky for not turning up and Stalin went as chief mourner. so Trotsky was tricked
Leon Rom died in 1924.
Russian revolutionary and Marxist, Leon Trotsky was born November 7, 1879. His birth name was Lev Davidovitch Bronshtein, and he was the founder and first leader of the Red Army. In 1940, he was assassinated in Mexico City on Stalin's orders.
The cast of Pervoe Maya v Moskve - 1923 includes: Leon Trotsky as himself