Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks during the "soviet revolution", although technically it is not called the soviet revolution, but the Russian Revolution or Bolshevik Revolution. The Soviet Union had not come into being until 1922.

A "competition" for power ensued after Lenin's death. At first, Russia was ruled by a triumvirate of Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev. The competition for power began among Leon Trotsky, Nikolai Bukharin, Zinoviev and Stalin. After some political manipulations Trotsky was made to leave USSR by Stalin and his allies Bukharin, Zinoviev and Kamenev. Thereafter, Stalin allied himself with Bukharin and eliminated Zinoviev. Once Zinoviev was gone, Stalin abandoned Bukharin and he was forced out of the Communist Party as well. Stalin wound up with the whole power of the Communist Party in his hands.

The Red Army, was started by Vladimir Lenin who wanted to conver the Russian government into Karl Marx's principles. It started as a communist militia, who overthrew the Russian monarchy and the Russian provisional government. Eventually becoming the Soviet Union's official military force.

He was a bad leader according to peasants. He was also a bad leader among Marxist Leninists. Stalin took care of the Marxists and anyone who threatened his power by executing them. By the end of the 1930's he killed over 30,000 Marxists and/or people he feared within the Soviet Union. They feared of him taking over Europe. Joseph Stalin was the one (along with government) that decided to put up the Iron Curtain. The Iron Curtain was a border line separating East and West Germany. Peasants were not aloud to cross it because Government didn't want Eastern Germany to see the many rights that other countries had.

The main persons vying for power were Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. There were others, such as Grigori Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin, but the first battle was between Trotsky and Stalin. Lenin favored Trotsky over Stalin, but Stalin was too entrenched in the Communist Party for Trotsky to win that struggle.

In 1946 Stalin announced plans for a new Five Year Plan. Its goal was to rebuild all the World War Two damaged areas and to accelerate industrial expansion. The plan was not quite complete and was disrupted by the advent of the Korean War in 1950.

Lenin and the Bolsheviks came into power on October 26, the culmination of the two day October Revolution. Prior to that, the Russian Provisional Government was in power. Arrest warrants were out for Lenin since July, 1917 and he had to flee the country to Finland to avoid capture. He snuck back in under disguise to organize the October insurrection which brought him and the Bolsheviks into power.

In 1946, Russia was state capitalist. Most people had to work for a wage, and the state owned the means of production. Communism means the abolition of the wages system and establishment of a classless society.

There were a few causes of the Russian Revolution.

The start of World War One was an immediate cause. It led to widespread famine in Russia because all of the supplies were sent to soldiers. In February 1917, there was a strike on International Women's Day demanding food.

The end of serfdom in 1861 was another cause. It led to a ruling nobility that didnt represent the thoughts ideas and beliefs of the proletariat, or working class. There was an unfair and unequal distribution of land that upset many Russians.

Thus, Lenin's slogan for the Bolsheviks was "Peace, Land and Bread"

Lenin and Trotsky were the two leaders of the Bolshevik political party which took power after the Russia Revolution of 1917. Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown during the Russia Revolution of 1917, also known as the Bolshevik revolution.

It was one of the most powerful nations, but lacked economy and was actually a century behind the other European nations. Russia was about to enter WW I which costed it even more money. To show how behind Russia was at this time, some battalions had to use muskets. Oh..and for some of the other questions that were on here...The capital of the Russian empire was Petrograd, the farthest east russia expanded was actually far west, they took over Alaska and owned it until the U.S. bought it in 1867. And the last scribe family of the Russian Court was the Bartkovicz family. it was pronounced biertkovich i think. and the Russian empire was big enough to put over 3 united states in it.

Stalin scrapped Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP) in favor of his own Five Year Plans.

Stalin and other hardline Marxist/Communists felt that Lenin's NEP was a retreat from the move from capitalism to socialism and were angered over it. The NEP was kept in place by Stalin and his co-rulers after Lenin's death until 1929 when Stalin had eliminated his opposition and became the sole power in the Soviet Union. That is when he replaced the NEP with his own program for economic recovery.

The ultimate victory of Lenin's Bolsheviks in Russia can be attributed to two distinct factors: First, the Communist leaders and ideas were both tremendously energetic, new, and captivating to Russian (and to some extent global) society. Second, Russian society was generally impoverished by its imperial leadership: resentments reached a boiling point just as Lenin and his fellow revolutionaries began to act in earnest.

Russian Revolution can refer to the following events in the history of Russia:

The Russian Revolution of 1905, which was a series of riots and anti-government violence against Tsar Nicholas II.

The Russian Revolution of 1917, which included the February Revolution resulting in the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia and the October Revolution, which was the Bolshevik revolt.

The Third Russian Revolution, which was the failed anarchist revolution against the Bolsheviks that started in 1918. It was suppressed along with the White Movement by 1922.

When the year is not indicated in the reference, the term "Russian Revolution", if used as a time mark, usually refers to the October Revolution of 1917, whereas references to the revolution of 1905 always mention the year and references to the February Revolution always mention the month.

from the way i understand it.. after a long standing class warfare not completely unlike what we face today in the US with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer the common working class banded together and revolted against the oppressive government of the time and strived to establish a system in which everyone was equal and paid the same according to his means. the end result would be no competitive markets or ability to profit at all. no imagination or drive to excel beyond what you were paid to do or what the government allowed you to do.

It in effect took on a life of its own and gave a rather impulsive and over eager populous a nightmarish reality that enslaved a society to this rule set for the next 70+ years.

Lenin's personality is not as prominent as many other historical figures. (Such as Stalin for example).

Lenin was a closed, reserved man. However, noticeable traits include his determination, high self confidence, and extreme focus. It can be said that Lenin showed an obsession with revolution and hatred of authority.

Many of his traits were also his weaknesses. His determination can be seen as obsession, his self confidence as arrogance, his focus can be seen as tunnel vision. In many ways Lenin's traits led him to many mistakes, however, also led him to many successes.

As I said, its not easy describing Lenin's personality, as in many ways his actions support some of his traits, yet conflict with others.

Lenin was influenced by the works of Karl Marx, Nicholas (Nicholay) Chemyshevsky and his older brother Alexander who was a socialist activist.

The Russian revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, or the October Revolution took place in the year 1917. Two revolutions took place that year in Russia, in which the first, known as the February Revolution, when the Tzar of Russia abdicated his throne, and the provisional government took power. The next revolution was, in October, when the Bolshevik's overthrew the provisional government.

Joseph Stalin gained total control of the Soviet Communist Party and of the Soviet Union. Trotsky was a true communist and political rival of Stalin. Leon Trotsky and his family were exiled and after that, Stalin decided that Trotsky was still a "thorn" in his side and so offered a huge reward for the assassination of Trotsky. He was killed in Mexico.

Stalin seemed to have just agreed with the communist ideals.

He was a classical communist by what he considered values and his ideas on running a country so naturally he would choose the communist party.

Joseph Stalin "became a communist" because as a child he watched the changing economic climate go from individual artisan to mass production. His father was a cobbler by trade with his own business, but a shoe factory was built and it put him out of business. He even had to take a job there for awhile, but didn't hold it and became a drunkard later abandoning the family. So Stalin had first hand knowledge of how the industrialization that capitalism brought with it could destroy people's lives just as Karl Marx said it would. Stalin then turned to the teachings of Karl Marx, found them agreeable and became a believer in socialism and communism.

Stalin was absolutely not a "classical communist." Marxian communism was supposed to work to the advantage of the workers and peasants. Under Stalin, they suffered more than they had at any time under Tsarist rule. Under Marx's version of socialism, the workers were supposed to be the owners and controllers of the means of production, but under Stalin the government owned and controlled everything. The workers and peasants had nothing.

Vladimir Lenin himself had wanted Trotsky to become his successor, mostly because he feared that Joseph Stalin had an "evil soul". After Lenin's death, it was a face-off between Leon Trotsky & Stalin. It seemed as if Trotsky would win because of his closer ties with Lenin. However, by manipulating Trotsky, Stalin managed to turn the people in the Communist party to dislike him. He stated that there were differences in their beliefs in Communism; one wanted a revolution across the world and the other believed in a revolution only within the Soviet Union. By deeming Trotsky's ideals as wrong and stray from the path of Lenin's, Stalin managed to have Troysky exiled to Mexico. There, he was killed by an assassin supposedly appointed by Stalin himself.

He would use force to get his own views across to the public using Cheka. This also led him to fall out with his old friends such as Georgi Plekhanov and Yuli Martov. This also meant he went to war with his most loyal supporters, the Kronstadt Sailors. He was also responsible for the economic problems that he put Russia into. Russia took such a pounding economically, because of World War I that Lenin forced Trotsky to sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

When Russia had the March Revolution it started because Russia lacked the necessary items for war against Imperial Germany. When Russia was knocked out of the war by another Austro-German assault, Russian soldiers came back and killed their officers because when they lost the war their like for their officers and the czar of Russia were disappearing

The first emperor was a hero and villain, he has done equal amount of things to make him a hero and villain. Like for a hero, he has built the great wall to protect his country, but, he has treated lots of people badly to build the great wall for him. He was the first emperor of china, he was the first one that overpowered 6 warring states. to me, he was both.

The last Tsar of Imperial Russia was Nicholas II of Russia, formerly known as Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov. On March 22 1917, he was put under house arrest and later he and his family were executed under the Bolsheviks. It was presumed a true socialist revolution would be impossible if there was any legitimate claim to the throne.