Lenin took control of the more radical Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. This faction ultimately became its own party, the Bolshevik Party and in 1918 became the Communist Party.
The Communist Party held control of the Soviet Union under Lenin.
Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks, the group that gained control of the Provisional Russian government in 1917.
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The Bolsheviks.
No group or person overthrew Lenin. Lenin died of natural causes in 1924 while still in power.
Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks.
Lenin represented the Bolsheviks. After they succeeded in the Revolution, they changed their name to Communists.
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Bolsheviks.
Lenin's death was premature, few expected this would happen. After Lenin's death, his group of top supporters such as Stalin and Trotsky, among the other leading Bolsheviks maneuvered themselves to take control of the "revolution". Stalin became the dictator of the Soviet Union. His grip on the Party and the nation was strong. Party members he thought were rivals or threats to his power, such as Trotsky, were exiled or executed.
At first, lenin... then lenin died and Stalin screwed with the succession and seized power.
Abolishing private property was Lenin's first act on taking control in Russia.