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==Career==

==Career==

Trotsky, was the son of a prosperous and reportedly non-religious Jewish farmer in the Ukraine.  Well educated and rebellious, he became a professional revolutionary as a teenager.  He was arrested in 1898 and was later exiled to Siberia, where he joined the Social Democratic party.  In 1902 he escaped abroad, met Lenin.  

Trotsky was the son of a prosperous and reportedly non-religious Jewish farmer in the [[Ukraine]].  Well-educated and rebellious, he became a professional revolutionary as a teenager.  He was arrested in 1898 and was later exiled to Siberia, where he joined the Social Democratic party.  In 1902 he escaped abroad, and met Lenin.  

In 1903, while Lenin headed the Bolsheviks, Trotsky joined the rival Mensheviks.  Mensheviks did not believe in trying to ignite a revolution, expecting that it would happen when the people were ready.  By contrast, the Bolsheviks believed that the people needed to be led.  From 1904 until 1917 Trotsky had a stormy relationship with Lenin, accusing Lenin of wanting to become a dictator.  But the two of them resolved their differences in 1917, and after that point Trotsky was totally loyal to Lenin.

In 1903, while Lenin headed the Bolsheviks, Trotsky joined the rival Mensheviks.  Mensheviks did not believe in trying to ignite a revolution, expecting that it would happen when the people were ready.  By contrast, the Bolsheviks believed that the people needed to be led.  From 1904 until 1917 Trotsky had a stormy relationship with Lenin, accusing Lenin of wanting to become a dictator.  But the two of them resolved their differences in 1917, and after that point Trotsky was totally loyal to Lenin.

Trotsky was the most powerful orator in the Bolshevik party, and due to his numerous spells in jail and his active role in the failed 1905 revolution he was much more famous than Lenin was to ordinary Russians.  He was the actual organizer behind the [[October Revolution]], as Lenin was still in exile and so unable to participate.

Trotsky was the most powerful orator in the Bolshevik party, and due to his numerous spells in jail and his active role in the failed 1905 revolution he was much more famous than Lenin was to ordinary Russians.  He was the actual organizer behind the [[October Revolution]], as Lenin was still in exile and thus unable to participate.

==Civil War==

==Civil War==