Trotsky

or Trot·ski

[ trot-skee; Russian trawt-skyee ]

noun

1. Leon Lev, or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein, 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.

Trotsky

/ ˈtrɒtskɪ /

noun

1. TrotskyLeon18791940MRussianPOLITICS: revolutionaryPOLITICS: communist 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

Example Sentences

Few sore losers could wield sharp words quite like Leon Trotsky, especially when talking about Joseph Stalin.

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The bloody effervescence of the Bastille gave way to Robespierre and then Napoleon; Stalin crushed Trotsky.

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Trotsky, Stalin, and Hitler were all in Vienna in 1913, so maybe they did pass within 10 feet of each other walking down Graben.

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Trying to get to the right of Santorum is like trying to get to the left of Trotsky.

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He does recognize that Trotsky was unable to escape a Jewish identity he had no wish to preserve.

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Lenin, Trotsky, and their associates are not only extreme Communists, but are also avowed Atheists.

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These number 17, and of them 16 are indisputably Gentiles, while only one—Trotsky—is of Jewish birth.

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Her soldiers demanded peace; her peasants and townspeople asked for bread, and turned to Lenin and Trotsky, who promised both.

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Hackoff is a shrewd fellow, but neither he nor Trotsky can cope with the situation much longer.

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The English reader of to-day is aware, however, that the Russian revolution has not stood still since Trotsky wrote.

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