My Life

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"My Life" is the political autobiography of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, recounting his role in the Bolshevik movement, the Russian Revolution, and his subsequent exile.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiography
book
non-fiction book
author Leon Trotsky
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
genre memoir
political autobiography
hasPart accounts of 1905 Revolution
accounts of 1917 Revolution
accounts of Civil War leadership
accounts of Trotsky’s childhood
accounts of Trotsky’s exile
accounts of Trotsky’s imprisonment
reflections on Stalin’s rise
theoretical reflections on Marxism
hasTranslation English
multiple languages
intendedAudience general readers
politically engaged readers
socialist movement activists
language Russian
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement revolutionary literature
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor Trotsky’s self-portrait as revolutionary leader
critique of Stalin and bureaucracy
detailed description of internal Bolshevik debates
first-hand account of Bolshevik leadership
originalLanguage Russian
politicalOrientation Marxist
Trotskyist
subject Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Bolshevik movement

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Bolsheviks

Leon Trotsky
Marxism
Mensheviks
Russian Revolution
surface form: October Revolution

Russian Civil War
Russian Revolution
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Soviet politics
Stalin–Trotsky conflict
political exile
timePeriodCovered Russian Civil War period
Russian Revolution
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Trotsky’s early exile
early 20th century
late 19th century
workOf Leon Trotsky

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Leon Trotsky notableWork My Life