Leon Trotsky (
Russian: , Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also
transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) ( –
August 21 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein , was a
Ukrainian-born
Bolshevik revolutionary and
Marxist theorist. He was an influential politician in the early days of the
Soviet Union, first as
People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the
Red Army and People's Commissar of War. He was also among the first members of the
Politburo.
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