This publication includes works by Leon Trotsky, written by him during the period of forced emigration from the USSR. He not only shows brilliant analytical talent, not only shows the ability to critically rethink many of his own previous attitudes, but also looks into the future. Many of his forecasts turned out to be premature, but that is why such texts now give the impression that they were written a few days ago. For example, wasn’t the gloomy forecast of capitalist restoration in the USSR completely confirmed, down to the details? The fate of Leon Trotsky turned out to be tragic, which cannot be said about his ideas. Despite all the defeats, he remains one of the most popular and widely read political thinkers of the twentieth century, with whom people born many years after his death continue to argue or agree.