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{{Quote|To make the individual sacred we must destroy the social order which crucifies him. And this problem can only be solved by blood and iron.|Leon Trotsky, ''Communism and Terrorism'', 1920}} | {{Quote|To make the individual sacred we must destroy the social order which crucifies him. And this problem can only be solved by blood and iron.|Leon Trotsky, ''Communism and Terrorism'', 1920}} | ||
<strong>Leon Trotsky</strong>, | <strong>Leon Trotsky</strong>, the alias of <strong>Lev Davidovich Bronshtein</strong>, (born November 7<sup>th</sup> [October 26<sup>th</sup>, Old Style], 1879, Yanovka, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died August 21<sup>st</sup>, 1940, Coyoacán, Mexico) was a communist theorist and agitator, a leader in Russia’s October Revolution in 1917, and later commissar of foreign affairs and of war in the Soviet Union (1917–24). In the power struggle following [[Vladimir Lenin]]’s death, [[Joseph Stalin]] emerged as victor, while Trotsky was removed from all positions of power and later [[exile]]d (1929). He remained the leader of an anti-Stalinist opposition abroad until his assassination by a Stalinist agent. | ||
== Early life, Education, And Revolutionary career == | == Early life, Education, And Revolutionary career == |