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The first attempt on Lenin's life was the night of January 14, 1918. After giving a speech in Petrograd, Lenin and his acquaintance Fritz Platten were driving home. While passing over a bridge, their car was shot at several times. Platten saved Lenin by forcing him to duck his head; Platten was wounded but not seriously. The driver was able to successfully evade the assassins, and Lenin survived.
The perpetrators turned out to be soldiers associated with the White Movement, the major group that opposed the Communist takeover of Russia. They were not caught, and were able to escape the country after the White Movement lost the Russian Civil War a few years later.
The Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka, began large scale terror operations in August of 1918. The immediate occasion was the murder of the head of the Petrograd office of the Cheka and the attempted assassination of Lenin by a former Anarchist turned Socialist Revolutionary.
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Vladimir Lenin was the first dictator of what?
Lenin was the first dictator of the Soviet Union.
What was V.Lenin's first name?
Lenin's first name was Vladimir although he was also called Nikolai.
What is Lenin's last name?
Lenin was his last name. Vladimir was his first name.
What was Lenin's first name?
Lenin's first name was Vladimir. He was also called Nikolai at times after he adopted the name Lenin.
What was the first name of the Russian leader Lenin?
Vladimir
Who was the first premier of the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin was the first leader of the Communist Party. He had been the founder and leader of the Bolshevik Party since 1903 and remained so when the Bolshevik Party officially changed its name to the Communist Party in March 1918.
Who was Russia's first leader?
The first leader was Vladimir lliac Lenin
What is the first name of Russian president Putin?
It is Vladimir Putin.
Who was the first communist of Russia after the 1917 revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
Who was the first communist leader of the soviet union?
Vladimir Lenin
Who was the first communist leader in Soviet Union?
Vladimir I. Lenin
What is lenins name?
Lenin was his last name. Vladimir was his first name.
