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Lev Davidovich BRONSTEIN, alias Leon TROTSKY: Russian. This file contains papers...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/502
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This record is about the Lev Davidovich BRONSTEIN, alias Leon TROTSKY: Russian. This file contains papers... dating from 1915 Jul 13-1918 Feb 16 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/502
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915 Jul 13-1918 Feb 16
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Description (What the record is about)
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Lev Davidovich BRONSTEIN, alias Leon TROTSKY: Russian. This file contains papers relating to Trotsky's travels from 1915 to 1917, to his time in the Soviet Government and to the period after his exile in 1928 till his death in 1940. There are copies of a few letters to his friends and publishers, a translation of chapter 8 of his book, 'Terrorism and Communism' on questions regarding the organisation of labour, and an original postcard dated 1916, in his own hand sent from Cadiz to his Soviet colleague, Tchitcherine, in London
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PF R 12026 VOL 1
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Communism
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10967647/
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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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