Leon Trotsky led the Left group in the Politburo after Lenin's death. He was an important figure in the Bolshevik Party and played a key role in the Russian Revolution. However, he was eventually purged by Joseph Stalin and exiled from the Soviet Union. He went on to lead the Fourth International, which was a Trotskyist organization that aimed to promote world socialist revolution.

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Leon Trotsky

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Leon Trotsky

A) had been a professor in Britain from 1908 to 1913.
B) led the Left group in the Politburo after Lenin's death.
C) had served as Kerensky's secret police leader until he defected to the Mensheviks.
D) became premier of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death.
E) led the Fourth International in Brussels.

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