Leon Trotsky
Former People's Commissar for Military Affairs of the Russian SFSR
Leon Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronshteyn on November 7, 1879 in Yanovka, Ukraine. As a teenager, he became involved in underground activities and was soon arrested, jailed and exiled to Siberia where he joined the Social Democratic Party.... Google Books
Born: November 7, 1879, Bereslavka, Ukraine
Assassinated: August 21, 1940, Mexico City, Mexico
Influenced by: Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and more
Spouse: Natalia Sedova (m. 1903–1940) and Aleksandra Sokolovskaya (m. 1899–1902)
Organizations founded: Red Army, Fourth International, Petrograd Soviet, and more
Nephews: Alexander L. Kamenev and Yuri Kamenev