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Date: 21 Aug 2008 22:06:54
From: Brian Lafferty
Subject: David Bronstein and Leon Trotsky
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Trotsky's birth name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein. Does anyone know if
he was in any way related to David Bronstein, even distantly?
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Date: 22 Aug 2008 06:21:37
From: M. Winther
Subject: Re: David Bronstein and Leon Trotsky
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Den 2008-08-22 00:06:54 skrev Brian Lafferty <[email protected] >:
> Trotsky's birth name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein. Does anyone know if
> he was in any way related to David Bronstein, even distantly?
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I only know that Trotsky was a strong chessplayer, and that he ordered
the massacre of the Kronstadt seamen.
Mats
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Date: 21 Aug 2008 17:04:04
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Subject: Re: David Bronstein and Leon Trotsky
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On Aug 21, 6:06=A0pm, Brian Lafferty <[email protected] > wrote:
> Trotsky's birth name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein. =A0Does anyone know if
> he was in any way related to David Bronstein, even distantly?
A new book about Soviet chess, "White King and Red Queen" by Daniel
Johnson, a London Times editor, says that David Bronstein was a second
cousin to Trotsky. I do not know for sure if this is true, however.
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Date: 22 Aug 2008 08:08:50
From:
Subject: Re: David Bronstein and Leon Trotsky
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On Aug 21, 8:04=A0pm, [email protected] wrote:
> On Aug 21, 6:06=A0pm, Brian Lafferty <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Trotsky's birth name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein. =A0Does anyone know =
if
> > he was in any way related to David Bronstein, even distantly?
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> =A0 A new book about Soviet chess, "White King and Red Queen" by Daniel
> Johnson, a London Times editor, says that David Bronstein was a second
> cousin to Trotsky. I do not know for sure if this is true, however.
I just contacted British historian Bernard Cafferty, an expert on
Soviet chess. He was skeptical of Johnson's claim. He knew of no proof
that Bronstein and Trotsky were closely related, and noted that they
came from rather distant parts of the Russian empire.
As far as being distantly related, every person on earth is
distantly related to every other person. Even creationists and
evolutionists agree on this. I recall reading that even the most
distantly related people currently alive are probably no more distant
than 50th cousins.
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Date: 21 Aug 2008 15:29:24
From:
Subject: Re: David Bronstein and Leon Trotsky
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On Aug 21, 5:06=A0pm, Brian Lafferty <[email protected] > wrote:
> Trotsky's birth name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein. =A0Does anyone know if
> he was in any way related to David Bronstein, even distantly?
According to Bronstein's autobiography, the rumor was unsubstantuated
but unlikely. Such a rumor may be the reason David's father was
imprisoned; having the same name was clearly sufficient reason for the
NKVD.
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