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LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN
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• LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN (noun)
The noun LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN has 1 sense:
1. Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
Familiarity information: LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN used as a noun is very rare.
• LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Leon Trotsky; Lev Davidovich Bronstein; Trotsky
Instance hypernyms:
Bolshevik; Bolshevist (a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party)
revolutionary; revolutionist; subversive; subverter (a radical supporter of political or social revolution)
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