How did Lenin rise to power?

Answer 1

In 1917, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (alias Lenin) seized control of Russia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, created the Soviet Union and ruled it until his death in 1924. Lenin was one of the leading political figures in the 20th century. He was the revolutionary thinker behind the USSR idea (a.k.a. The Great Soviet Union), fought to materialize it and masterminded the Bolshevik bloody takeover of power in Russia after Russia's withdrawal from World War One. Lenin's reign as the head of the newly created Soviet Union was brief, but his influence stretched throughout the 20th century.

Answer 2

This goes back to the first world war. The Germans had a certain Russian by the name of Lenin, who was a known source of trouble. So what they did was put him on a train and send him back to Russia.

During the latter stages of the war, Russia was in shambles. The Imperial Army had not fared well at all. It had lost repeatedly to the Germans. It even had trouble against the armies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In addition to this, the people of Russia were ready for a change. Lenin and his Marxist views were readily accepted when he arrived in Russia. The Czar had already been overthrown in the February Revolution and the new Provisional Government was not able to correct the problems that had led to the Czar's abdication. The October Revolution was the result of the Provisional Government's failure to deliver what the Russian People wanted and Lenin and the Bolsheviks simply walked in and took over control of the government. It was not a revolution in the sense that the people rose up and overthrew the Provisional Government. The October Revolution was more like a military coup in which a relatively small group of people seize control of the government.

Lenin then set about making changes to Russia. He nationalized all industry, abolished private ownership of land and began negotiations withdraw from the war. This freed up all of the troops on Russia's western front. The Germans were thus relieved of the 2 front war, but not in time to save their situation.

Answer 3

Lenin was a head bolshevik but worked outside Russia for the first few years of his political career. Tsar Nicholas II (ruler of Russia at the time) was encourage to step down after he failed to run the country to a satisfactory standard due to the simple fact that he was too busy commanding his military, so he abdicated. A provisional government was then set up and led by Prince Lvov (whom was later succeeded by Kerensky) until an election was organised. The Germans saw this stall in politics as a chance for lenin to step in and take control of the country, they felt he would assume power with the intentions of pulling Russia from the war. Lenin was easily presauded and he retuned to Russia in hope of becoming ruler. On his arrival he made it clear that the Russians should be pulled from the war and the standards of the country should be improved. Many of society agreed and were desperate for stablity within the country. Lenins party (the Bolsheviks) became popular among the citizens. The Bolsheviks decided they would promptly arrest the whole provisional government and take controll. After these arrests were made the people of russia began recognising their new govermant. Lenin had rose to power.

Answer 4

Lenin formed the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party at the Party's Congress in Brussels in 1903. He was preeminent in the Bolshevik faction because of his forceful personality. After the February 1917 revolution, he and his Bolsheviks continued to agitate against the new Provisional Government that had assumed power when the Tsar abdicated in March 1917.

Lenin had been in exile in Switzerland when the Tsar abdicated the throne in March 1917. He returned to Russia in April and began his campaign of agitation against the government. He promised to get Russia out of World War I, stop food shortages and give land back to the peasants. The PG did not do any of those things and eventually lost the support of the people and even the military. The Bolsheviks converted more and more soldiers to their cause and formed its own military force known as the Red Guard. The Bolsheviks swooped in in a coup now known as the October Revolution and took power from the PG.

After the October Revolution, the Russian Civil War broke out because many Russians were dissatisfied with Bolshevik rule. The Bolsheviks then created the Red Army to fight the more conservative dissidents which had formed the so-called White Army. By 1920, Lenin's Red Army had wiped out all White Army opposition and the Civil War ended with the Bolsheviks in full control. The country was governed by high level members of the Bolshevik (now named Communist) Party. Lenin was the acknowledged leader of the Party but did not have dictatorial control over it.

Lenin stamped out opposition to his policies by ruthless means using the army, his secret police and other methods. He banned all other political parties then even banned factions within the Communist Party. Lenin did not have autocratic control of the party, but he was the major force within it, therefore matters were usually taken care of the way he wanted them taken care of.

Answer 5

After the February Revolution, political power wound up with the Mensheviks. The Russian proletariat became increasingly dissatisfied with them as they wanted to continue the war and did not carry out any other key demands of the revolution. More and more people joined and supported the Bolsheviks until they (the Bolsheviks) had the support of almost all of the workers in Russia, this culminated in the October Revolution which saw Lenin becoming the leader of what was to be the Russian Societ Federative Socialist Republic.

Answer 6

As many Russians were unsatisfied with Tsar Nicholas II1s ruling without Parliament, a group of revolutioners was formed. In 1903, the Social Democratic Labour Party split into two groups. in one of them were Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov's (Lenin's)followers, who fully accepted the ideas of Karl Marx and wanted a socialism. The moderate party members were against the Tsar's autocracy but they did not want a socialist revolution. The first group was in majority, so they were called the Bolsheviks (majotity), the second group was called the Mensheviks (minority). In 1905, with the leadership of the Bolsheviks a revolution started but was defeated by the monarch -nevertheless the Tsar promised some reforms and to set up a parliament (called duma). After the 1905 revolution the leaders were forced to flee abroad and work illegally. In 1914, Russia entered the War, suffered terrible defeats causing starvation at home, so by the end of 1917, many soldiers deserted and peole demanded the end of the war. Another revolution started, and the Tsar was forced to give up his throne. Lenin came home from Switzerland (through Germany, historians say that the Germans wanted Russia out of the War that is why they helped Lenin return home). He established Bolshevik control after the abdication of the Tsar and in 1918, he became the head of Russia. The Bolshevik government signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended the War for Russia. He defeated the counter-revolutionaries in a severe Civil War, and the soviets (councils) of workers and peasants ruled the country. After the Civil War, he introduced the NEP, a moderate economic and social policy which allowed the country to recover from the effects of the War and the revolutions. during his life the first gulags were formed (at first it was said that they wanted to re-educate people who did not understand how wonderful the Dictatorship of the proletariat was, actually they were lacour camps).

Answer 7

Vladimir Lenin came to power via a October Revolution in Russia in 1917, which brought an end to Czarist Russia and started the creation of a Communist State.