Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary who played a leading role in the Russian Revolution and founded the Red Army. He was exiled by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico. His theory of permanent revolution and critique of Stalinism inspired Trotskyism.
Co-led the Russian Revolution; founded the Red Army; developed Trotskyism as an alternative to Stalinism; murdered by Stalin's agent.
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