Lenin Research Paper

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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known as Lenin. Lenin was an important part in Soviet Union history . lenin had a determined goal , he wanted power . Lenin was so powerful , he took the practice communism and made it reality throughout Soviet plus other countries he had an influence on. Lenin believed that communism could solve the problems of society , because his brother was killed by a tsarist regime. He started as a politician and war general , he later became the leader of the Soviet Union. Before Lenin was the leader a man named Stalin Ruled Soviet . Lenin despised Stalin , Lenin then started to take control of the states he created. This revolution was fought between two groups who were the bolsheviks (pro communist) and the mensheviks …show more content…

Lenin lead the first communist government in russia . When communist took over the city of petrograd , they decided to take out the provisional government . “Peace, bread and land” and “All power to the soviets” was said by Lenin to the cities workers with sayings such as these 2. In lenin's eyes he claimed that workers will and can not , be governed by themselves. Lenin promised to the Soviets that he would get his soldiers out of war plus he granted land ownership to the peasants and also gave them a opportunity to own shops in Soviet . The actual revolution only lasted two days. Trotsky had planned this and it was perfect execution . Trotsky held a speech in the city of petrograd to distract them while the red guards took over important parts of petrograd. Almost everything possible was captured. Lenin was like a spy during this revolution, he had to find the leaders of the provisional government and arrest them . At this time Alexander Kerensky was the president of the provisional …show more content…

. During this revolution Tsar Nicholas II was captured and either taken hostage or chilled for all the evil he has done. When Lenin finally went to The Finland Station he spoke to the crowd and influenced them in different way , such as words movements or previous actions. While this was going there was workers whom took strike while being lazy and sitting back. When the soldiers and Lenin traveled to Petrograd the rode in a train and there is where lenin prepared his speech to influence the whole country. The army winds up not taking the city of petrograd because he was worried about the aid of his soldiers so they just took the city Neivola

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