He set out from Switzerland.
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The February 1917 Russian Revolution brought Lenin back to Russia. He had been living in Switzerland at the time and the revolution took him by surprise. The German High Command arranged for Lenin to be transported from Switzerland to Russia in a diplomatically sealed train. The Germans wanted Lenin to create more revolutionary disruption in the hope that a new Russian government would get Russia out of World War I.
Germany sent him there in the hope of destabilizing the country.
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.
Lenin was provided passage to return to Russia in 1917 by the German government, who saw him as a disruptive force that could weaken Russia's war effort during World War I.
Lenin became Russia's leader because Nicholas II was kicked off the throne by Lenin's followers.