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Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky

1879 – 1940 Russia
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Who was Leon Trotsky?

Russian Marxist revolutionary who played a key role in the 1917 October Revolution and founded the Red Army. He was later exiled by Stalin and assassinated in Mexico City in 1940.

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Leon Trotsky (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born
November 7, 1879
Bereslavka
Died
1940
Coyoacán
Nationality
Russia
Height
1.76 m · 5'9"
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Zodiac Sign
Scorpio

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SpouseNatalia Sedova
SpouseAleksandra Sokolovskaya

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