Russian revolutionary leader (7)

I believe the answer is:

trotsky

(Other definitions for trotsky that I've seen before include "Russian assassinated in nineteen forty" , "Marxist leader" , "Former Communist" , "Leon --, early Marxist" , "Russian revolutionary assassinated in Mexico" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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