yes he was, the Russian people were treated very poorly by the Russian Empire, by the Bolshevik party gaining power, they introduced things such as 8hr working days rather then the standard 11hr working days, they increased wages and introduced land reforms that gave the peasant farmers control of tehir own land instead of it been government owned.
Lenin favored it, because he instituted it right after the October Revolution. War communism did not impose full socialism or communism on all aspects of Russia's economy. The Bolsheviks were simply too weak in numbers to immediately govern the entire economy of Russia with its millions of peasant farmers. Nor were they able to take full control of all the factories and other industry in the country. When the Russian Civil War broke out, the Bolsheviks were even less able to handle the economic demands of fighting the war. For this reason, war communism was instituted by Lenin in order to enable the Bolsheviks to survive the Civil War in power. War communism was later scrapped in favor of Lenin's New Economic Policy.
Lenin was able to convince other European countries to treat the first world war as a Europe-wide revolution. Parts of the formerly Russian empire were temporarily surrendered back to Germany until WW1 ended.
Probably the most important result of Lenin's death was that the feud between Trotsky and Stalin developed into a struggle for power. Trotsky believed in international revolution, while Stalin was quite content for communism to be based in one country with himself at the head. Stalin was successful and became effectively a dictator while Trotsky was exiled.
Like any true tyrant, Vladimir Lenin came to power by force. Via the violence of the Bolshevik Takeover, Lenin was able to install himself into a position of absolute power through purely undemocratic means as the sole, central leader of the entire Russian state, a position he used to impose his will and the totalitarian dogma of Communism onto the populace through mass murder, government theft and state force. Claims that Lenin was democratically elected, that he did not use his position to inflict his will through lethal force or that he had to face re-election are historical revisionism.
Technically, Vladimir Lenin was leader of Russia until his death in January 1924, even though he was completely disabled by a stroke and was not able to do anything. After Lenin died and for the rest of 1924, Russia was led by a trio of Joseph Stalin, Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev. Joseph Stalin was not the sole rule until much later.
Lenin favored it, because he instituted it right after the October Revolution. War communism did not impose full socialism or communism on all aspects of Russia's economy. The Bolsheviks were simply too weak in numbers to immediately govern the entire economy of Russia with its millions of peasant farmers. Nor were they able to take full control of all the factories and other industry in the country. When the Russian Civil War broke out, the Bolsheviks were even less able to handle the economic demands of fighting the war. For this reason, war communism was instituted by Lenin in order to enable the Bolsheviks to survive the Civil War in power. War communism was later scrapped in favor of Lenin's New Economic Policy.
Lenin was able to convince other European countries to treat the first world war as a Europe-wide revolution. Parts of the formerly Russian empire were temporarily surrendered back to Germany until WW1 ended.
Probably the most important result of Lenin's death was that the feud between Trotsky and Stalin developed into a struggle for power. Trotsky believed in international revolution, while Stalin was quite content for communism to be based in one country with himself at the head. Stalin was successful and became effectively a dictator while Trotsky was exiled.
They have stopped communism
Like any true tyrant, Vladimir Lenin came to power by force. Via the violence of the Bolshevik Takeover, Lenin was able to install himself into a position of absolute power through purely undemocratic means as the sole, central leader of the entire Russian state, a position he used to impose his will and the totalitarian dogma of Communism onto the populace through mass murder, government theft and state force. Claims that Lenin was democratically elected, that he did not use his position to inflict his will through lethal force or that he had to face re-election are historical revisionism.
McCarthyism was able to happen because people had an extreme fear of communism.
Technically, Vladimir Lenin was leader of Russia until his death in January 1924, even though he was completely disabled by a stroke and was not able to do anything. After Lenin died and for the rest of 1924, Russia was led by a trio of Joseph Stalin, Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev. Joseph Stalin was not the sole rule until much later.
The first attempt on Lenin's life was the night of January 14, 1918. After giving a speech in Petrograd, Lenin and his acquaintance Fritz Platten were driving home. While passing over a bridge, their car was shot at several times. Platten saved Lenin by forcing him to duck his head; Platten was wounded but not seriously. The driver was able to successfully evade the assassins, and Lenin survived. The perpetrators turned out to be soldiers associated with the White Movement, the major group that opposed the Communist takeover of Russia. They were not caught, and were able to escape the country after the White Movement lost the Russian Civil War a few years later.
Lenin's greatest achievement was staging the October Revolution in 1917. By doing that he was able to overtrow the existing Provisional Government and impose a new socialist one on the country.
Lenin # Possesed neccassary leadership skills that enabled him to influence the masses, like charisma and good oratorical skills. # He provided the vision to people, in ways such as the April Theses, clearly stating his stand in many areas, and his promise to overthrow the provisional government. # He was able to identify and address the problems the population faced, which were, starvation, war and improper distribution of land, which encompassed in his slogan ,"Bread, Land, Peace" # He unified the Bolsheviks by his return to Russia in April 1917, re-radicalizing the party, as well as providing the leadership for revolution
Lenin was the mastermind behind the October Revolution. He was put into exile in early 1917, but the Germans thought he would subvert the morale of the Russian Army, so they sent him on a train to Petrograd. From there he organized the group known as the Bolsheviks. He made sure that Bolsheviks were organising in the army and navy and in the large factories across the empire. He also began plotting for the provisional government's downfall. He attempted to put his plan in action in July 1917, but it failed, and he fled to Finland. But the provisional government needed his Bolsheviks in order to help quell a Tsarist mutiny in the army, and soon he was able to return. During the events of the October Revolution he directed the activities from the Bolshevik headquarters at the Smolny Institute. Had Lenin not been in Russia, it is highly unlikely that the Bolsheviks would have begun the October Revolution.
Kerensky, who led Provsional Government. Lenin was able to gain support to overthrow that government because he promised to withdraw from the war if he and his Bolsheviks gained power. Lenin made good on that promise with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.