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November 7, 1879 Leon Trotsky born in Yanovka.
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Trotsky helped found the South Russian Worker's Union
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Trotsky was arrested for his actions with the South Russian Workers' Union
He was sentenced to two years in prison. -
Trotsky exiled to Siberia
After two years in prison, Trotsky was exiled to Siberia. Trotsky met another co-revolutionary named Alexandra Lvovna who he married on the way to Siberia. -
Trotsky escapes
Leon Trotsky escapes Siberia, leaving his wife and daughters behind. -
The Russian Revolution
When the news of "Bloody Sunday" in Russia reached Trotsky, he decided to move back to Russia with his second wife Natalia Ivanovna. He spent most of the year writing phamphlet and newspaper articles to help encourage uprisings that challenged the tsar's power during the 1905 revolution. -
Trotsky arrested again
Trotsky is once again arrested and sent to Siberia for his actions in the revolution of 1905. -
Trotsky escapes again
After his trial, Trotsky escapes with a deer-pulled sleigh through the frozen landscape of Siberia. -
1917 Revolution
Trotsky quickly became the leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution, joining the Bolshevik Party as an ally to Lenin. With the Revolution's success, Lenin became leader of the Soviet government and Trotsky was second in command. -
Red Army
After Trotsky ended Russia's participation in WWI, he resigned and was appointed the people's commissioner of army and navy affairs. -
Lenin dies
Trotsky was the successor that Lenin wanted but when Lenin died, Joseph Stalin outmaneuvered Trotsky politically. After that, Trotsky was slowly pushed out of important roles in the Soviet Union and. after time, pushed out of the country. -
Stalin banished Trotsky from the Soviet Union
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Assassination
On May 21, 1940, Soviet-Agents machine-gunned Trotsky's house. Although Trotsky and his family were home, they all survived. But later, on August 21, as he was sitting at his desk, Ramon Mercader punctured Trotsky's skull with a mountaineer ice pick. Trotsky died the next day.