Barbizon
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Barbizon is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France. It is located near the Fontainebleau Forest.
The town hall in Barbizon
The Sheepfold, Moonlight by Jean-François Millet. The Walters Art Museum.
The Potato Harvest by Jean-François Millet. The Walters Art Museum.
Leon Trotsky
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Lev Davidovich Trotsky, better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and political theorist. He was a key figure in the 1905 Revolution, the October Revolution of 1917
Barbizon
…of painters is named after the village; Théodore Rousseau and Jean-François Millet, leaders of the school, made their homes and died in the village. Leon Trotsky also lived here for a short time. East Bergholt, England…
Trotsky in 1918
Trotsky in 1888
Trotsky in 1897
Trotsky's first wife Aleksandra Sokolovskaya (centre) with her brother (left), Trotsky (right), and Dr G. A. Ziv (bottom) in 1897