My Life (Leon Trotsky autobiography)
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My Life - An attempt at an autobiography is the name of the Russia
n revolutionary Communist leader Leon Trotsky
's autobiography. The book was first published in 1930 and was written in the first year of Trotsky's exile in Turkey
. It covers the time from his youth, through the Revolution of 1905
, the Revolution of 1917
, the Russian Civil War
up to his struggle against Stalinism
and eventual expulsion from the Communist Party
.
The Russian/Soviet historian Dmitri Volkogonov
claims that Trotsky's "My Life, must hold pride of place as a work of remarkable self-analysis, as well as imaginative history. Although he wrote it at the relatively early age of forty-eight, soon after his deportation, his life up to then had been eventful enough to merit recording."
Before he settled with the simple title My Life, Trotsky tried out several titles:
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n revolutionary Communist leader Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky , born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army....
's autobiography. The book was first published in 1930 and was written in the first year of Trotsky's exile in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. It covers the time from his youth, through the Revolution of 1905
Russian Revolution of 1905
The 1905 Russian Revolution was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. Some of it was directed against the government, while some was undirected. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies...
, the Revolution of 1917
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
, the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
up to his struggle against Stalinism
Stalinism
Stalinism refers to the ideology that Joseph Stalin conceived and implemented in the Soviet Union, and is generally considered a branch of Marxist–Leninist ideology but considered by some historians to be a significant deviation from this philosophy...
and eventual expulsion from the Communist Party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world...
.
The Russian/Soviet historian Dmitri Volkogonov
Dmitri Volkogonov
Dmitri Antonovich Volkogonov was a Russian historian and officer.-Biography:...
claims that Trotsky's "My Life, must hold pride of place as a work of remarkable self-analysis, as well as imaginative history. Although he wrote it at the relatively early age of forty-eight, soon after his deportation, his life up to then had been eventful enough to merit recording."
Before he settled with the simple title My Life, Trotsky tried out several titles:
- Half A Century (1879 - 1929)
- An Experiment in Autobiography
- Flood Tides and Ebb Tides: The Autobiography of a Revolutionary
- In the Service of the Revolution: An Experiment in Autobiography
- A Life of Struggle: The Autobiography of a Revolutionary
- To Live is to Struggle: The Autobiography of a Revolutionary
External links
- My Life the whole book at the Marxists Internet ArchiveMarxists Internet ArchiveMarxists Internet Archive is a volunteer based non-profit organization that maintains a multi-lingual Internet archive of Marxist writers and other similar authors...
.