''My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography'' (
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
* Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and p ...
: ''Моя Жизнь'') is the name of the
Russia
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n revolutionary
Communist leader
Leon Trotsky's autobiography. The book was first published in 1930 and was written in the first year of Trotsky's exile in
Turkey. It covers the time from his youth, through the
Revolution of 1905, the
Revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government ...
, the
Russian Civil War
, date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...
up to his struggle against
Stalinism and eventual expulsion from the
Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...
.
The Russian/Soviet historian
Dmitri Volkogonov
Dmitri Antonovich Volkogonov (russian: Дми́трий Анто́нович Волкого́нов; 22 March 1928 – 6 December 1995) was a Soviet and Russian historian and colonel general who was head of the Soviet military's psychological warf ...
claims that Trotsky's "''My Life'', must hold pride of place as a work of remarkable self-analysis, as well as imaginative history. Although he wrote it at the relatively early age of forty-eight, soon after his deportation, his life up to then had been eventful enough to merit recording."
Before he settled with the simple title ''My Life'', Trotsky tried out several titles:
[Dmitri Volkogonov "Trotsky: The Eternal Revolutionary", page 312. ]
*''Half A Century (1879 - 1929)''
*''An Experiment in Autobiography''
*''Flood Tides and Ebb Tides: The Autobiography of a Revolutionary''
*''In the Service of the Revolution: An Experiment in Autobiography''
*''A Life of Struggle: The Autobiography of a Revolutionary''
*''To Live is to Struggle: The Autobiography of a Revolutionary''
See also
*
List of books by Leon Trotsky
The following is a chronological list of books by Leon Trotsky, a Marxist theoretician, including hardcover and paperback books and pamphlets published during his life and posthumously during the years immediately following his assassination in ...
Footnotes
External links
''My Life''the whole book at the
Marxists Internet Archive
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1930 non-fiction books
Communist books
Political autobiographies
Works by Leon Trotsky
Books about Trotskyism