4.1 - The background of Stalin and Trotsky
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| What had Stalin been in the last years of Lenin's life? | The leading government figure.
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| Who had been the leading government figure in the last years of Lenin's life? | Stalin
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| Who was Stalin and what did he do in the last years of Lenin's life (that made him the leading government figure)? | The General Secretary of the Communist Party and controlled much of the government machinery, as was seen in the 12th Party Congress in 1923.
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| In 1917, what had Stalin been? | Loyal in his support for Lenin on the Bolshevik Central Committee.
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| What were Stalin's origins? | Humble - he was the son of a shoemaker. He was Georgian and Russian was his second language, which he spoke with a foreign accent.
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| When had Trotsky become a committed member of the Bolshevik Party? | Only in 1917.
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| What had Trotsky become in 1917? | A committed member of the Bolshevik Party.
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| What religion was Trotsky? | Jewish
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| What had Trotsky been active doing and where? | He had been active in Europe and in the USA trying to organise international support for communism.
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| What did Trotsky become in 1917? | Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet.
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| When did Trotsky become the chairman of the Petrograd Soviet? | 1917
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| What was Trotsky's role in the October/November 1917 Revolution? | He played a leading part in the actual organisation of the takeover of the city.
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| After playing a leading part in the actual organisation of the takeover of the city in the October/November 1917 Revolution, what did Trotsky become? | Lenin's right-hand man during the Civil War (1918-21), organising the Red Army and directing military operations.
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