Lenin and Stalin's War on Terror

The split between the two factions becomes more significant during 1905-1906. Lenin wants to be more directly involved in driving the revolutionary process, whereas the Mensheviks take more of a wait and see approach. The Bolsheviks' law-breaking further deepens the split with the Menshevik party. But for his part, Joseph Stalin is all in. In 1907 in Georgia, a band of robbers coordinated by Stalin and sanctioned by Lenin attacks a stagecoach carrying bank cash deposits. As they open fire and lob grenades into the term square, a bloodbath ensues. At least 40 people die. Violence has become in the Communist calling card.