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Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was a participant with [[V. I. Lenin]] in the communist revolution in [[Russia]] in 1917. However, he had previously been a member of the Mensheviks, a communist party that had once been aligned with the Bolsheviks. They did not believe in actively pursuing revolution, that it would happen when the people were ready, unlike the Bolsheviks who believed that the people needed to be led. From 1904 until 1917 Trotsky had a stormy relationship with Lenin, with him accusing Lenin of wanting to become a dictator. But the two of them resolved their differences in 1917, and after that point arguably Trotsky was totally loyal to Lenin.

Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was a participant with [[V. I. Lenin]] in the communist revolution in [[Russia]] in 1917. However, he had previously been a member of the Mensheviks, a communist party that had once been aligned with the Bolsheviks. They did not believe in actively pursuing revolution, that it would happen when the people were ready, unlike the Bolsheviks who believed that the people needed to be led. From 1904 until 1917 Trotsky had a stormy relationship with Lenin, with him accusing Lenin of wanting to become a dictator. But the two of them resolved their differences in 1917, and after that point arguably Trotsky was totally loyal to Lenin.