Лев Троцкий, Lew Trozki, Lew Dawidowitsch Bronstein
Banished by Stalin, the revolutionary politician Leon Trotsky and his entourage arrived in Istanbul in 1929. He settled on Büyükada, one of the Princes’ Islands in the Sea of Marmara.
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Althof, Wolfgang. Sträflingsinseln. Schauplätze der Verbannung. E.S. Mittler & Sohn, 2005.
Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn. 14 Istanbul Bienali Rehberi Tuzlu Su / 14th Istanbul Biennial Guidebook: Saltwater. Yapı Kredı Yayınları, 2015.
Coşar, Ömer Sami. Troçki İstanbul’da (1969). Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2010.
Deleon, Jak. The White Russians in Istanbul. Remzi Kitabevi, 1995.
Deleon, Jak. Büyükada. Anıtlar Rehberi. A Guide to the Monuments. Remzi Kitabevi, 2003.
Deutscher, Isaac. Trotzki. Der verstoßene Prophet 1929–1940 (2nd ed.). Translated by Harry Maor, Kohlhammer, 1972.
Heijenoort, Jean van. With Trotsky in Exile. From Prinkipo to Coyoacán. Harvard University Press, 1978.
Pinguet, Catherine. Les îles des Princes. Un archipel au large d’Istanbul. Empreinte, 2013.
Sartorius, Joachim. Die Prinzeninseln (2nd ed.). mareverlag, 2010.
Service, Robert. Trotzki. Eine Biographie. Suhrkamp, 2012.
Simenon, George. “Besuch bei Trotzki (Paris-Soir, 16./17. Juni 1933).” Idem. Das Simenon-Lesebuch. Erzählungen, Reportagen, Erinnerungen. Briefwechsel mit André Gide. Brief an meine Mutter, edited by Daniel Keel et al., Diogenes, 2002, pp. 215–231.
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Turkey (1929–1933); France (1933-1935); Norway (1935/36); Mexico (1936–1940).
Izzet Paşa Sokak 29, Şişli, Istanbul (residence, 1929); Çankaya Sokak 18, Büyükada/Prinkipo, Istanbul (residence, 1929–1931); Şıfa Sokak No. 22, Moda, Istanbul (residence, 1931/32); Yanaros Villa, Nizam Mahallesi Hamlacı Sokak No. 4, Büyükada/Prinkipo, Istanbul (residence, 1932/33).
Gustav Oelsner became the founding father of urban planning in Turkey, his country of exile. He was also the author of numerous articles for the architectural journal Arkitekt.
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At the beginning of the 1920s, a member of the Union of Russian Painters in Constantinople, Roman Bilinski was known as a sculptor. At the end of the 1920s–beginning of the 1930s – as a sculptor, painter and connoisseur of local antiques.
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The guide-book was created for Russian-speaking refugees who had to leave their country and settle in Constantinople.
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During the two years of his life that he spent in Istanbul, Alexis Gritchenko produced more paintings dedicated to the city than many artists produce in an entire lifetime.
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