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=Leon Trotsky=

 Lev Davidovich Bronstein was born on October 26, 1879. He was a son of a hard-working, Jewish farmer, in the southern part of Ukraine. His family valued education, and when Lev was nine years old they let him move to the city of Odessa, to stay with his 'uncle' and to go to school. This is where Lev developed his nice manners and intellectual personality. Lev was a bright and capable student, and in 1896 he moved to Nikolayevich to finish his secondary education and to study mathematics. This is where Lev turned revolutionary. In 1897 he was instrumental in founding the South Russia Workers Union and in 1898 the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP). However, Lev was arrested for his political activities, put in prison, and in 1900 deported to Siberia. In 1902 he changed his name to Trotsky as he escaped, and met Lenin in London. Trotsky then joined Lenin on the staff of ** Iskra ** (The Spark), the Communist newspaper. Trotsky and Lenin, as intellectuals, had much respect for each other; however, in 1903 at the Second Congress of the RSDLP, the Bolsheviks were led by Lenin, while Trotsky was among the Menshevik leaders. In 1905 Trotsky returned to Russia, where he participated actively in the first Russian Revolution, and in December that year he was elected President of the St. Petersburg Soviet. However, Trotsky and several other members of the St. Petersburg Soviet were soon arrested, and after a trial they were deported to Western Siberia   in January 1907. http://fbuch.com/leon.htm