Trotsky

or Trot·ski

[ trot-skee; Russian trawt-skyee ]

/ ˈtrɒt ski; Russian ˈtrɔt skyi /

noun

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

Example sentences from the Web for trotsky

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

You Say You Want a Revolution? |Christopher Dickey |June 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Trying to get to the right of Santorum is like trying to get to the left of Trotsky.

Paul Begala on Romney’s Desperate Dive to the Right in the Arizona Debate |Paul Begala |February 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He does recognize that Trotsky was unable to escape a Jewish identity he had no wish to preserve.

The Trotsky Legend Debunked |Michael Kazin |December 8, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Service is the first major biographer of Trotsky to portray him as myopic villain instead of defeated prophet.

The Trotsky Legend Debunked |Michael Kazin |December 8, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

In the early 1920s, Trotsky defended “Red Terror” as essential to victory for his side in the Russian Civil War.

The Trotsky Legend Debunked |Michael Kazin |December 8, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Trotsky's answer to Kautsky is not only one side of a controversy.

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

The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs |Lucien Wolf
Where Mr. Lilly and Trotsky would differ is, of course, on the question into whose hands political power was to be put.

The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 |Various
Men professed to sneer at Trotsky; they called him a criminal, an outrage to humanity.

The Everlasting Arms |Joseph Hocking
Hackoff is a shrewd fellow, but neither he nor Trotsky can cope with the situation much longer.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 30, 1919 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for trotsky

Trotsky

Trotski

/ (ˈtrɒtskɪ) /

noun

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

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Trotsky

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Trotski

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