Lenin did not overthrow the Tsar. The Tsar was forced to abdicate because he could not stop the rioting that became known as the February Revolution. At the time Lenin was in Switzerland in self-imposed exile. He didn't even know about it until after it happened.
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In a string of events known as the October Revolution Lenin overthrew the Russian Provisional Government which had been instated after the February Revolution that had marked the end of the Romanov Dynasty with Tsar Nicholas the ll's abdication and the collapse of Imperial Russia.
overthrow the Russian Government
Lenin led communist revolutionaries to overthrow the provisional government of Russia in November 1917. This led to Russia having the first communist government in the world.
in order to overthrow the government or the elite class
Lenin ousted Alexander Kerensky, head of Russia's Provisional Government, which had replaced Tsar Nicholas II. Lenin did not overthrow the Tsar.
to overthrow the provisional government and hand power to the proleteriat, hence, estabish socialism.