Leon Trotsky organized the Red Army.
Lenin organized a popular uprising known as the Bolshevik Revolution, against the Kerensky regime of Russia in 1917, as a protest against Russia's participation in WW I. His army consisted of Russians who were not happy with the existing government of Russia.
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of Russia from 1917 to 1922. He was a communist, and he turned Russia into the Soviet Union. Lenin was predecessor to Stalin.
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Do you mean the Bolsheviks?...Then I guess the answer is V.I. Lenin
Lenin became Russia's leader because Nicholas II was kicked off the throne by Lenin's followers.
Lenin was not the first leader of Russia. He was the first leader of the Soviet Union when it was organized under the Treaty of the Soviet Union in late 1923 early 1924. Lenin was physically incapacitated by his strokes by then so he was not a true leader of government; however he is counted as the first leader of the new Soviet Union.
Vladimir Lenin lived in Russia.
Lenin and Communism was a complete diaster for Russia that it is only now recovering from.
When Lenin took control of the Russian government he canceled all of Russia's debts with two purposes in mind. One was to basically save the cost of repaying foreign loans. The second purpose was to declare, according to Lenin, Russia's independence from imperialist oppression. Additionally, it was a statement that Russia would control its own economic future.
Lenin led the Bolshevik Revolution, with Stalin his second in command.
Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks.