Leon Trotsky's Revolutionary Toilet
Born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, he changed his name to Leon Trotsky, derived from a German term for "defiance", during Czarist days. Lenin probably would have named him as his successor, but Lenin's stroke prevented that. Trotsky was a party theorist, and seems to have been closer to the original intent of Marx than any other prominent Soviet figure.
When Stalin seized power, Trotsky left for exile in Mexico. He was sentenced to death in absentia, and was assassinated with an ice ax in Mexico City in 1940, by an agent of Stalin.
You can tour his home in Mexico City, it's very swanky. The communist leaders were all for collectivism and "from each according to his abilities, to each according to their needs", so long as it didn't apply to them. Their needs-to-abilities ratios were always rather high. Pictured here is not only Leon Trotsky's toilet, but his tub and his hot-water heater!
If you're really into Leon Trotsky trivia, and you would like to also see pictures of his typewriter, his kitchen, his rabbit hutches, his sombrero (!!), and lots more at his palatial Mexico City home, then see my page with more pictures from there.
If you are keenly interested in Communist Toilets, then be sure to see the Totalitarian Toiletarianism page with the toilets of the People's Republic of China.
"When we are victorious on a world scale, I think we shall use gold for the purpose of building public lavatories in the streets of some of the largest cities in the world."
— Vladimir Ilych Lenin
| A Sani-Flush blue border indicates a toilet that I've used. |
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