Why did Vladimir Lenin want a revolution?

Answer 1

The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 was initiated by millions of people who would change the history of the world as we know it. When Czar Nicholas II dragged 11 million peasants into World War I, the Russian people became discouraged with their injuries and the loss of life they sustained. The country of Russia was in ruins, ripe for revolution.

Answer 2

He believed in the social ideological beliefs of Karl Marx. Marx thought that everyone should be equal, but that isn't possible whilst a class system existed, and so the lower classes need to overthrow the upper classes and create equality for everyone. But we can see, particularly in Russia, this didn't exactly work.

Answer 3

Vladamir Lenin was from a privileged family and was never a "worker". Lenin was an intellectual who clearly dismissed the notion of Marx's scientific socialism. Marx believed as part of historical class struggles, the workers of an advanced capitalist nation would rise up in revolt against the ownership classes. Lenin decided the workers needed more direction from himself and his Bolshevik Party. His revolution was against the Provisional government that had deposed Czar Nicholas. Lenin wanted a revolution to suit his needs, and was impatient with the tenants of Marxism. He betrayed Marx in order to gain power and correct Russia's flirtations with democracy and democratic socialism.

Answer 4

The motives of Vladimir Lenin was to be bring a revolution in Russia. He is the one who led the Bolshevik Revolution and introduced the communist era.