Trotsky
or Trot·ski
Leon Lev, or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein, 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.
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Few sore losers could wield sharp words quite like Leon Trotsky, especially when talking about Joseph Stalin.
Kotkin Biography Reveals Stalin's Evil Pragmatism | William O’Connor | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bloody effervescence of the Bastille gave way to Robespierre and then Napoleon; Stalin crushed Trotsky.
Trotsky, Stalin, and Hitler were all in Vienna in 1913, so maybe they did pass within 10 feet of each other walking down Graben.
William Boyd on James Bond and His New Novel, Waiting for Sunrise | Lucy Scholes | April 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTrying to get to the right of Santorum is like trying to get to the left of Trotsky.
Paul Begala on Romney’s Desperate Dive to the Right in the Arizona Debate | Paul Begala | February 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe does recognize that Trotsky was unable to escape a Jewish identity he had no wish to preserve.
Lenin, Trotsky, and their associates are not only extreme Communists, but are also avowed Atheists.
The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs | Lucien WolfThese number 17, and of them 16 are indisputably Gentiles, while only one—Trotsky—is of Jewish birth.
The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs | Lucien WolfHer soldiers demanded peace; her peasants and townspeople asked for bread, and turned to Lenin and Trotsky, who promised both.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousHackoff is a shrewd fellow, but neither he nor Trotsky can cope with the situation much longer.
The English reader of to-day is aware, however, that the Russian revolution has not stood still since Trotsky wrote.
Dictatorship vs. Democracy | Leon Trotsky
British Dictionary definitions for Trotsky
Trotski
/ (ˈtrɒtskɪ) /
Leon, original name Lev Davidovich Bronstein . 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist. He was a leader of the November Revolution (1917) and, as commissar of foreign affairs and war (1917–24), largely created the Red Army. He was ousted by Stalin after Lenin's death and deported from Russia (1929); assassinated by a Stalinist agent
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