Person
Leon Trotsky
Bolshevik leader; chairman of the Petrograd Soviet in 1917 and first Soviet foreign commissar.
- Dates
- 7 Nov 1879 – 21 Aug 1940
- Also known as
- Lev Trotsky, Lev Davidovich Bronstein
Leon Trotsky chaired the Petrograd Soviet during the October Revolution and was Soviet Russia’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs until March 1918.
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involved in
- October Revolution chairman of the Petrograd Soviet Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 7 Nov 1879 – 21 Aug 1940 Leon Trotsky
Proof 1 source
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Russia, Volume I: list of persons, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
Trotsky, L. D. (Bronstein), Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Deputies, October 8, 1917; Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, November 8, 1917, to March 13, 1918
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