Lubitz' TrotskyanaNet © (or, LTN for short) provides a considerable amount of material, chiefly bio-bibliographical informations, research tools, essays and miscellanies, related to Leon Trotsky (Nov. 7, 1879 - Aug. 21, 1940), Trotskyism and Trotskyists.
TrotskyanaNet went online on August 21, 2004. It was relaunched on April 10, 2006 and August 21, 2011.
TrotskyanaNet is an ongoing project, updated regularly.
The main sections of TrotskyanaNet are:
- Bibliographies, containing
- the Lubitz' Leon Trotsky Bibliography (LLTB) - Annual edition [ISSN 2190-0183];
- a feature about the online edition of the Lubitz' Leon Trotsky Bibliography (LLTB);
- an exhaustive introduction and users' guide to the online edition of the Lubitz' Leon Trotsky Bibliography (LLTB);
- a feature about the printed editions (1982-1999) of the Lubitz' Trotsky Bibliography;
- a feature about the printed edition (1993) of the Lubitz' Trotskyist Serials Bibliography plus a PDF version of this out-of-print work.
- Furthermore, we provide several bibliographical repertories within various other main sections of TrotskyanaNet, too, as for example:
- the Ernest Mandel Bibliography, an exhaustive bibliography of works by and about one of the most eminent Trotskyists for many decades (an ongoing project);
- the Pierre Broué Bibliography listing writings by and about the famous French Trotsky biographer and Trotskyist historian;
- the University Works a bibliography listing hundreds of dissertations, theses and similar university works in the field of Trotsky and Trotskyism research (an ongoing project);
- Trotsky in Coyoacán, a bibliography about the assassination of Leon Trotsky and about his house in Coyoacán (Mexico) where he spent the last sixteen months of his life - now being the Museo Casa de León Trotsky;
- some bibliographical notes concerning Trotsky's genealogy;
- several dozens of smaller bibliographies forming part of biographical outlines about a number of more or less renowned Trotskyists (or, Ex-Trotskyist), featured within the Bio-bibliographical Sketches section of TrotskyanaNet.
- Trotsky, containing
- a feature about the first, although unfinished, attempt of a Leon Trotsky works edition, namely the Russian-language Sochineniia;
- a feature about one of Trotsky's most eminent editorial endeavours during his final exile, namely the Biulleten' Oppozitsii (Bulletin of the Opposition);
- a Genealogy of Trotsky's family;
- an almost complete and partially annotated list of Pseudonyms used by Leon Trotsky;
- an exhaustive feature and photo gallery about The Trotsky Museum (Museo Casa León Trotsky, Coyoacán, México) plus an exhaustive bibliography about Trotsky's final years in Mexico and his assassination.
- Trotskyists, containing
- Name Authority Files, i.e. exhaustive alphabetical lists of names and pseudonyms of more or less renowned Trotskyists and ex-Trotskyists;
- Bio-Bibliographies, i.e. biographical sketches or notes and selective bibliographies about some 50 Trotskyists;
- a detailed description of the life and work of Louis Sinclair (1909-1990), the pioneer collector and bibliographer of Leon Trotsky's primary works;
- a feature about the meaning and work of the French historian Pierre Broué (1926-2005), the author of a monumental Trotsky biography;
- an exhaustive bibliography, a biographical presentation and other material about Ernest Mandel (1923-1995), the most renowned Trotskyist in the second half of the last century.
- Collections, containing
- Trotsky's Books, a short catalogue of our Trotsky primary works holdings;
- Trotskyist Serials, a listing of our holdings of Trotskyist journals, bulletins, newsletters and series;
- Collectibles, featuring some of the nonprint items and memorabilia within our Trotskyana collection.
Note on authorship
The material presented on this website was written, compiled and edited by Wolfgang and Petra Lubitz, with only a few exceptions (see the section Guest contributions) as indicated in the respective sections. Notes on copyright see Impressum
Notes on abbreviations and transliteration
- Abbreviations used in texts, bibliographies etc. provided on TrotskyanaNet are explained here
- For an explanation of the transliteration of non-Latin characters used on TrotskyanaNet click here
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Note:
The main subject of our TrotskyanaNet website, Leon Trotsky [Лев Давидович Троцкий], was born as Lev (or, Leib) Bronshtein [Лейб Бронштейн] at Ianovka (Russian Empire) on Nov. 7, 1879 (=Oct. 26 according to the Julian calendar style, see also the Genealogy chapter within TrotskyanaNet), and murdered in Coyoacán (Mexico). He was an eminent Marxist revolutionary theoretician and uncompromising internationalist, protagonist of the Russian revolutions in 1905 and 1917, creator and chief of the Red Army, leader of the anti-Stalinist Russian and International Left Opposition, founder of the Fourth International, distinguished author, editor, journalist, essayist, polemicist, historian, and literary critic – of course one of the most enigmatic and controversial political figures of the 20th century. He was (and still is) the subject of an immense amount of scholarly, polemical and ephemeral literature as well as of films, dramas, novels and other fiction.
Wolfgang and Petra Lubitz, 2004
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