Same subject
The life of Leon Trotsky
Title
Police photograph of Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, 1898. Artist: Unknown
Caption
Police photograph of Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, 1898. Trotsky (1879-1940) became involved in revolutionary activities in 1896 and the following year helped organise the South Russian Workers' Union in his home town of Nikolayev. He was arrested by the authorities in 1898 and was sentenced to 4 years exile in Siberia. He participated in the Revolution of 1905 and later joined the Bolsheviks and was one of the leading figures of the Russian Revolution and in the Soviet government afterwards. He lost out to Joseph Stalin in the power struggle that took place at the top of the Communist Party after the death of Lenin and was expelled from the Party on 12 November 1927. In January 1928 he was exiled to Alma Ata, today in Kazakhstan, and the following year was banished from the Soviet Union altogether. In 1940 he was assassinated in Mexico by a Soviet agent. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow.
Date
1898
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Fine Art Images
Reference
HRM19D93_468
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
30,5Mb (448,5Kb) / 10,6in x 11,2in / 3174 x 3354 (300dpi)