Leon Trotsky
- Born
- 7 November 1879 (60 years old)
- Died
- 21 August 1940
- Place of birth
- Ianovka, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
- Gender
- Male
Lev Davidovich Bronstein, better known as Leon Trotsky was a Russian revolutionary, politician, journalist and political theorist. He was a central figure in the establishment of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union. Ideologically a Marxist, Trotsky's writings and thought inspired a major school of the ideology known as Trotskyism.
