Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky (; born Lev Davidovich Bronstein; – 21 August 1940) was a Russian revolutionary, Marxist theorist, and Soviet politician whose particular strain of Marxist thought is known as Trotskyism. Initially supporting the Menshevik Internationalists faction within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, he joined the Bolsheviks ("majority") just before the 1917 October Revolution, immediately becoming a leader within the Communist Party. He would go on to become one of the seven members of the first Politburo, founded in 1917 to manage the Bolshevik Revolution. During the early days of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) and
Lolita Davidovich James Woods. In 2015, Davidovich made her return to film playing the role of lead character's mother in the romantic drama "The Longest Ride" based on Nicholas Sparks' novel. Later that year, she was cast in the second season of HBO crime drama "True Detective" as Taylor Kitsch's character's mother, and ABC prime time soap opera "Blood & Oil" as Don Johnson's character's ex-wife. Davidovich is married to Ron Shelton, a movie writer and director, known for "Bull Durham" (1988), "White Men Can't Jump" (1992), and "Bad Boys II" (2003). Shelton has directed films in which Davidovich has appeared, including