Trotsky

Trotsky
/trot"skee/; Russ. /trddawt"skyee/, n.
Leon (Lev, or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein), 1879-1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918-25.
Also, Trotski.

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