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No. Lenin imposed a political system which then imposed socialism.
What Lenin did impose on Russia after the October Revolution and at the start of the Russian Civil War was a system known as "war communism." This was not true communism but a forced appropriation of agricultural produce to support the war effort.
Lenin did believe in Communism, but he did not believe it had to come about the way Karl Marx said it would. Marx thought communism would evolve irresistibly from capitalism to socialism to communism. Although Lenin believed in the concept of communism, he felt it could come about through a a strong central government.
No, he did not, if one goes by the true meaning of "communism" according to Karl Marx. Lenin established a socialist regime. People refer to Lenin's regime as "communist" but only because that was the name of his political party and because they aspired to communism in the future.
yes and no. it was originally an idea thought of by Marx. Lenin was the one to follow through with the plan and edited its guideline to fit the benefits of the people.
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, then Joseph Stalin
Technically speaking, no one ever set up a communist state as Karl Marx defined communism. Vladimir Lenin, after the October Russian Revolution, set up a socialist state in Russia, expecting that at some time in the future it would become a true communist state. It was referred to as a communist state because he had the name of the Bolshevik Party changed to the Communist Party in 1918.
The Bolshevik's/Communist Part- Vladimir Lenin
No. It was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.