Catherine the Great lopped of parts of Poland three separate times and took the areas within the Russian Empire. Other countries also got parts. The country of Poland disappeared from the map of Europe.
Lenin invaded Poland near the end of the Russian Civil War but Poland, under Joseph Pilsudsky repelled the invasion.
Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler entered into the Non-Aggression Pact before World War with a secret agreement between them that they would both invade Poland and carve it it up between them. Poland as a whole was not obliterated, but it became a Soviet satellite state.
Joseph Stalin
The Bolshevik Party was the radical communist group that took over Russia in the October Russian Revolution. In 1918, the Bolshevik Party changed its name to the Communist Party.
Technically, no one did. Russia took over Poland in the 1790s. They pretty much absorbed Poland and took away its sovereignty. There was no Poland until after World War I, when Poland was reformed.
The creation of Poland took some of Russia's land, which Russia was unhappy with. The two countries went to war in 1920. It was left out of the peace talks.
Technically, Vladimir Lenin was leader of Russia until his death in January 1924, even though he was completely disabled by a stroke and was not able to do anything. After Lenin died and for the rest of 1924, Russia was led by a trio of Joseph Stalin, Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev. Joseph Stalin was not the sole rule until much later.
The Russian leader at the start of the war was Tsar Nicholas II. The Tsar was overthrown by the Bolsheviks in the 1917 Revolution, whose leader, Lenin, took Russia out of the war after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.
The Bolsheviks or Russian Democratic Workers Party seized control of the Russian government in November 1917. Vladimir I. Lenin was the leader of this party.
Tsar Nicholas II until 1917 and the March Revolution, then a Provisional Government took charge until the Worker's Soviet (Bolsheviks) took power from them in the October Revolution and installed Valdimir Lenin as Russia's new leader.
Vladimir Lenin took Russia out of World War 1.
Vladimir Lenin is the revolutionary leader who took over Russia in World War 1.
Vladimir Lenin was leader of the radical socialists who took over Russia in World War 1.
He is responsible for the greatest increase in the Russian economy, rising social standards, and a military reform. He is the most popular leader in modern times, and in all of russian history with an 83% popularity rating.
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin took the ideals from the Communist Manifesto and became a Russian revolutionary leader in the early 1900s.
The Bolshevik Party was the radical communist group that took over Russia in the October Russian Revolution. In 1918, the Bolshevik Party changed its name to the Communist Party.
Technically, no one did. Russia took over Poland in the 1790s. They pretty much absorbed Poland and took away its sovereignty. There was no Poland until after World War I, when Poland was reformed.
The Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin took over Russia after its civil war. The Bolsheviks later changed their name to Communists.