LENIN Lenin was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century‚ who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917‚ and was the architect and first head of the USSR. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was born in Simbirsk on the Volga River on 22 April 1870 into a well-educated family. He excelled at school and went on to study law. At university‚ he was exposed to radical thinking‚ and his views were also influenced by the execution of his elder brother
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Russia? Stalin’s manipulative personality Joseph Stalin was known to have a manipulative personality. He was persuasive‚ educated‚ determined however also arrogant (due to his role as General Sectary). Also Lenin is rude as Lenin said in his testament “Stalin is too rude”. After Lenin died during the struggle for power Stalin was reasonably quiet at the beginning. This makes him sly and sneaky because we get the impression he is up to no good. Stalin also lied about the date of Lenin’s funeral
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1905 with the October Manifesto‚ but in 1917 with the help of the April Theses written by Lenin‚ the Russian Revolution against tradition was beginning. Lenin also introduced War Communism‚ the NEP‚ and the idea of “Peace‚ Land‚ and Bread” as a revolutionary process against tradition. The USSR‚ a Left Wing single party state‚ did achieve power as the result of a revolutionary process against tradition as Lenin had used his April Theses in order to persuade people into joining his cause and setting
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government that had been running Russia. After the Russian Revolution had ended Lenin had quickly gained control of the city council of Saint Petersburg‚ which is the capital of Russia. Lenin’s slogan to the people was‚ “Peace‚ Land‚ and Bread” (Beck) which had been majorly supported. Lenin and his followers had started to take over government offices. The Bolsheviks‚ followers of Lenin‚ had overpowered the government in just
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Source A: Lenin was a great leader yet the most humble of men. For his achievements in the October revolution‚ in defending the foreign invaders and destroying the whites‚ in bringing peace and prosperity‚ we are forever in his debt. (A Russian view of Lenin written at the same time of his death in 1924) Was this an accurate assessment of Lenin and his achievements? One man with a gun can control 100 without one." Lenin‚ Vladimir Ilich 1917 Lenin was a man with principles that tried his best
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an uneasy time. Life was further complicated by the change of rulers and political ideals. The overthrow of the Tsarist government was essential to the long term of Russia‚ but was it replaced with an adequate system as well as political leaders? Lenin‚ Leader of the Bolsheviks and Tsar Nicholas II are fundamentally differing men with fatally flawed ideals‚ but how similar in fact are they? The first differences of their attempts of controlling Russia are seen through their leadership style. Lenin’s
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also argued that his policies were no similar to previous social legislation under the Tsar and Lenin. Consequently the extent of change and the significance of Stalins policies remains in question. Following the Russian revolution‚ Lenin assumed the Premiership of Russia and redefined the social polices experienced by women and children. In terms of policies which affected women and the family‚ Lenin was comparatively Liberal compared to Tsarist Russia. He considered traditional marriage to be
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Eventually after many more small revolutions‚ in 1917‚ Vladimir Lenin launched the Bolshevik government that would rebel against the Russian monarchy and cause a civil war. This war would end in 1923 as Lenin’s Bolshevik
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‘The Bolsheviks were able to seize power in October 1917 because of the leadership and determination of Lenin’ How far do you agree with this statement. It took three days for the Bolsheviks‚ specifically Trotsky’s Red Guard‚ to take control of Petrograd from 25-27 October‚ on the third day the power of the country had practically fell into their hands. The revolution was a pivotal event for world history with effects that reverberated through the 20th century. The nature of the revolution was
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This earned him the respect and trust of Vladimir Lenin‚ who invited Stalin to join the highest levels of Bolshevik power‚ although others - including Leon Trotsky - subsequently criticised the brutality of Stalin and his troops while suppressing counter-revolutionary insurgents in Poland and Ukraine. By 1921‚ Stalin had been asked by Lenin to help secure his power base against a perceived threat from Trotsky‚ culminating in Lenin’s victory at
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