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Officially, Lenin ruled from about October 25, 1917 (Julian calendar) to his death on January 21, 1924. In fact after having a stroke in 1922, he was virtually incapable of governing practically throughout the entire year of 1923. He was wheelchair bound, could not speak and had lost virtually all political power within the Communist Party.
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EzraStrictly speaking, Lenin never ruled the USSR. After the October Revolution, Russia became the "Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic" (RSFSR). On December 29, 1922, the Communist Parties of the RSFSR, the Ukraine, Belorussia and Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) signed articles of union to formally associate the four republics into one union. The Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was ratified on January 31, 1924.
By the time the USSR had been officially constituted, Lenin had had several serious debilitating strokes and by March 1923 was essentially confined to a wheelchair unable to speak or write. During Lenin's disability the RSFSR and then the USSR was run by the troika of Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev until Lenin died on January 21, 1924.
Vladimir Lenin was in control of Russia from the beginning of the revolution in 1917 until his sudden death in 1924.
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What USSR like under Lenin?
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What kind of government and economy did Lenin and Stalin rule give the Soviet Union?
Lenin and Stalin gave the Soviet Union an autocratic (Totalitarian) Communist Government. Stalin kills more people than Lenin did. (Because Stalin is even more cruel than Lenin, who is somewhat more humane and Stalin took place as leader of USSR for nearly 30 years while Lenin died within 5 years after assumed as leader of USSR.)
When did Lenin become dictator of Russia and how long was his reign?
1917-1924. very short rule
Was Vladimir Lenin part of the Warsaw pact?
No, Lenin died in 1924. The USSR did not create the Warsaw Pact until after World War II. Joseph Stalin was in power at that time.
Who was Ivan Lenin?
Nikolai Lenin is actually Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, but sometimes he was called Nikolai. The American writer Louise Bryant knew Lenin personally and wrote a pice about him referring to him as Nikolai Lenin.
