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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.
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir I. Lenin
The first communist leader of the Soviet Unionwas Vladimir Lenin.
Vladimir Lenin served as leader of soviet Russia from 1917 till his death in 1924. From 1922 he also served as Premier of the Soviet Union and was later succeeded by the famous communist leader Stalin.
Joseph Stalin succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party because Stalin had already been made Secretary General of the party before Lenin died. Stalin did not take over as sole leader of the Soviet Union, but he was the leader of the Communist Party.
Man at the Crossroads
Vladimir Lenin was the first communist leader for Russia. After the successful revolution against the Russian Provisional government in October, 1917, Lenin later discarded the term Bolshevik in favor of Communist. The party soon after changed the name of Russia to the Soviet Union.
Vladimir Lenin was the first leader of the Communist Party. He had been the founder and leader of the Bolshevik Party since 1903 and remained so when the Bolshevik Party officially changed its name to the Communist Party in March 1918.
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