Love, Revolution, and a Cracked Skull: Trotsky in Mexico
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Leon Trotsky (née Bronstein), was one of the greats of the Russian Revolution. As Lenin's right-hand man, he was hounded from power by Stalin and his cronies after the Civil War (1917-22). Through poetry in Russian, Spanish, French, and English, learn more about Trotsky’s time in Mexico where he lived in exile. Discover his ideas on poetry; the revolution; love between revolutionaries, including his dalliance with revolutionary artist Frida Kahlo; and his last moments before his unfortunate death at the hands of an assassin.
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