The first thing what Lenin did when he came to power in 1917 was make peace with Germany. A few months before the war Lenin went with his illegal government to the Germans and signed the treaty in which he gave the western territories of Russia into German hands. The first thing he did was in fact treason.
After the war of communism had started. It was not a war against capitalists, it was actually a war against the people themselves. Concentration camps were set up, a secret police the Cheka was organized who would perform the dirty work of one single man. All people who formed a so called threat against the Bolshevik movement were simply hanged, shot or sent to concentration camps.
Russian empire, a country who had the greatest market share in grain and the most population growth in Europe was suddenly struck by famine. This famine was organized by the Bolsheviks themselves. Land, possessions were taken from the peasants. Millions of people starved from hunger.
Lenin also didn't had any respect to religion. Priests were shot in public and buried in mass graves. Churches were burned and destroyed. Holy relics were taken away by the Bolsheviks under the cover of feeding the hungry people.
After giving the order of murdering the Tsar, Tsarina and their children without even a trial. He could be now accused of child murderer.
Lenin died in 1924, not able to continue his terror against the people.
What did Lenin do?
- Genocide - Murder - Treason - Politcal abuse
Peasants :))
a large group of workers, soldiers, and peasants led by Lenin who overthrew the Provisional Government
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
To favor poor peasants To outlaw the ownership of land To take away land with no compensation Policies that favored poor peasants Lenin's wartime agricultural policy was known as "war communism." It consisted of confiscating grain produced by farmers either by forcing them to sell grain to the government at artificially set low prices or by threatening them with death, imprisonment or exile. Peasants were left with barely enough grain to survive, because it was more important in Lenin's opinion to let peasant farmers starve than to let workers in the cities and soldiers in the army starve, so he let many Russian peasants starve to death especially during the Russian Civil War. Lenin knew he needed the soldiers and the workers in order to stay in power, but he didn't need the peasant farmers. Lenin's policies hardly favored poor peasants. They suffered worse under Lenin than they ever had under the Tsar.
The reforms of land redistribution championed by leaders like Vladimir Lenin in Russia had a greater appeal to the peasants compared to those of other figures, such as Tsar Nicholas II. Lenin's policies aimed to transfer land from the nobility to the peasants, directly addressing their grievances and needs for land ownership. In contrast, Nicholas II's reforms were often seen as insufficient and failed to significantly alleviate the hardships faced by peasants. Ultimately, Lenin's approach resonated more with the agrarian population, as it promised them autonomy and a better livelihood.
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
The peasants lived a poor and tough life. Many of them were freed slaves, but their lives didn't improve much since slavery.
to outlaw the ownership of land
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.
Mao believed the revolution would start with rural peasants. Lenin believed the revolution would start with urban laborers.