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
Lev Natochenny which built a reputation as "the summer meeting point for young pianists". Among his students are ECHO Music Award winners Martin Stadtfeld, Dirk Mommertz/Fauré Quartet, as well as winners of major international competitions Nami Ejiri, Soyeon Lee, Christopher Park, Evgenia Rubinova, Eugene Choi, Guoda Gedvilaite. His discography includes a Juno-nominated album of Schubert’s "Schwannengesang" with Canadian baritone Kevin McMillan. Other noted recordings are selections from Brahms, Schubert, Shostakovich and Schnittke. Natochenny is an American citizen and lives in New York and in Frankfurt am Main. Lev Natochenny Lev Natochenny (Russian: Лев Наточенный) (born January 26, 1950) is a Russian-American classical