Lenin vs. Trotsky

V(la·di·mir) I(l·yich) [vlad, -, uh, -meer , il, -yich, vluh-, dyee, -myi, r, ee-, lyeech], Vladimir Ilyich UlyanovN. Lenin, 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.

Leon Lev, or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein, 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.