Leon+Trotsky

**__Leon Trotsky__**
 * Leon Trotsky was born on November 7th, 1879 in Yanovka, Russia. His parents were Jewish.


 * His birth given name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein. He was took up Leon Trotsky in 1902.


 * He was sent to Odessa, Ukraine to be educated at the age of 8.


 * In 1897 he was arrested for being involved in Revolutionary Activity and sent to Siberia where the prison was located. The Underground South Russian Worker's Union is a revolutionary worker's association in Kyiv during 1880. The union demanded economic changes, land and factories, basic liberties and labor demands.


 * He was captive as a prisoner for four years, then he made his escape and broke out of jail and made his way to London.


 * He joined the Social Democratic Party and eventually worked for a group of Marxists.


 * There was a Second Congress of the Social Democratic Party held in London in 1903. And there was an argument between Vladimir Lenin and Julius Martov. Martov believed it was better to have a large party of activists while Lenin thought it was better to have a small party of professional revolutionaries with a large fridge of non-party sympathizers and supporters.
 * Martov won the vote 28-23 but Lenin didn't want to accept his failure and made a new group called the Bolsheviks. Those who remained loyal to Martov were called the Mensheviks. Many people joined the Bolsheviks from the Social Democratic Party, Joseph Stalin was included in this act, but Trotsky supported Martov and joined the Mensheviks, after he joined he made up a theory called "permanent revolution"
 * Trotsky became heavily involved in the creation of the St. Petersburg Soviet, and was eventually elected chairman. After that event over 50 Soviets were formed all over Russia. Trotsky became popular among the St. Petersburg proletariat when he got arrested for revolutionary activity.
 * He moved back to Russia after an outbreak of revolution in Petrograd in February 1917.
 * Trotsky then joined the Bolsheviks ignoring previous arguments and took in the decisive role of communist take over of power in the same year.
 * He was made war commissioner after making peace with germany, formed the Red Army that fought against the White Russian Force during the civil war.
 * His Jewish Heritage began to go against him at that time.
 * on August 20, 1940 Trotsky was assassinated by Ramon Mercader, acting on Stalin's orders. He killed Trotsky with an ice pick.

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