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e. Trotskyism (Russian: Троцкизм, Trotskizm) is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual [1][2] Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an orthodox Marxist, a revolutionary Marxist, and a Bolshevik ...
m. Lev Davidovich Bronstein[ b ] (7 November [ O.S. 26 October] 1879 – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky, [ c ] was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He was a central figure in the 1905 Revolution, [ 3 ] October Revolution, Russian Civil War, and establishment of the Soviet Union.
Leon Spinks (July 11, 1953 – February 5, 2021) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1995. In only his eighth professional fight, he won the undisputed heavyweight championship in 1978 after defeating Muhammad Ali in a split decision , in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
Preceded by. Stalin: A Biography. Trotsky: A Biography is a biography of the Marxist theorist and revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) written by the English historian Robert Service, then a professor in Russian history at the University of Oxford. It was first published by Macmillan in 2009 and later republished in other languages.
Leon Trotsky bibliography. Leon Trotsky as he appeared in 1920. The following is a chronological list of books by Leon Trotsky, a Marxist theoretician, including hardcover and paperback books and pamphlets published during his life and posthumously during the years immediately following his assassination in the northern summer of 1940.
Orthodox. Recognition. WBC. Heavyweight Champion. Former undisputed heavyweight champion. Result. Holmes wins via MD (117–111, 117–111, 114–114) Larry Holmes vs. Leon Spinks, billed as A Tribute to Joe Louis was a professional boxing match contested on June 12, 1981, for the WBC heavyweight title. [1]
Lessons of October ( Russian: Уроки Октября) is a polemical essay of about 60 printed pages in length by Leon Trotsky, first published in Moscow in October 1924 as the preface to the third volume of his Collected Works. The essay was harshly critical of the purported revolutionary failings of Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev, two ...
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [ 6 ] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [ 7 ]