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
Trotsky in American English
(ˈtrɑtski)
Leon(born Lev Davidovich Bronstein) 1879-1940; Russ. revolutionist: commissar of war (1918-24) under Lenin: exiled (1929)
Derived forms
Trotskyism (ˈTrotskyˌism)
noun
Trotskyist (ˈTrotskyist)
adjective, noun or (often considered disparaging) ˈTrotskyˌite