Description: (Second wife of Leon Trotsky, the Russian revolutionary)
Natalia Ivanovna Sedova was a prominent revolutionary and writer known for her focus on cultural aspects within Marxism. She made valuable contributions to the Bolshevik-Leninist movement alongside her husband, Leon Trotsky. Sedova collaborated on a biography of Trotsky with Victor Serge and remained connected with exiled revolutionaries following her husband's tragic assassination. Over time, she cultivated a critical viewpoint on the Soviet Union, leading to her departure from the Fourth International in 1951 due to ideological divergences.