He established the NEP aka New Economic Policy to encourage production- workers where allowed to keep or sell what they grew.
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Lenin ousted Alexander Kerensky, head of Russia's Provisional Government, which had replaced Tsar Nicholas II. Lenin did not overthrow the Tsar.
The Provisional Government First led by Prince Georgy Lvov, then by Alexander Kerensky
Vladimir Ilytch Lenin
Lenin and the Bolsheviks came into power on October 26, the culmination of the two day October Revolution. Prior to that, the Russian Provisional Government was in power. Arrest warrants were out for Lenin since July, 1917 and he had to flee the country to Finland to avoid capture. He snuck back in under disguise to organize the October insurrection which brought him and the Bolsheviks into power.
I believe the communist party! Not certain but I think it was lead by Stalin! Before that it was Vladimir Ilyich Ulianov: Lenin, and his sidekick Lev Bronstein: Trotsky. Lenin died in 1924 & Trotsky was murdered in Mexico in 1940 by Stalins henchmen.