Lenin Vs. Trotsky (Background)

Question	Answer
Son of a shoemaker in Georgia	Stalin
Bolshevik, taking part in crimes	Stalin
Reputation for being ruthless	Stalin
Loyal supporter of Lenin on the Bolshevik Central Committee	Stalin
Became General Secretary of the Party	Stalin
Liked simple & practical ideas	Stalin
Born to Jewish farmers in Ukraine	Trotsky
Clever & developed many revolutionary ideas	Trotsky
Before 1917, lived in exile as a publicist	Trotsky
Returned to Russia in March 1917 to join Bolsheviks	Trotsky
Became Chairman of Petrograd Soviet in Sept. 1917	Trotsky
Took charge of Communist success plans, including taking the Winter Palace in October/November 1917	Trotsky
Commissar for War under Lenin	Trotsky
Created the Red Army that defeated the Whites	Trotsky

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