Lenin wanted to strengthen Russia by technologically advancing the country. He also wanted to strengthen Russia by removing it from World War 2 and further uniting the country.
When the Russian Czar stepped down the new provisional government decided to continue Russia's part in WW1 by continuing to fight the Germans. Lenin and his small but powerful Communist Party promised to withdraw from the war as it was causing much destruction to Russia. Lenin had been living in exile from Russia and the Germans promised to get Lenin back into his country if he would end Russia's presence in WW1. The Germans were successful in sneaking Lenin back to Russia and this allowed the Germans to concentrate on the Western Front in France.
The February 1917 Russian Revolution brought Lenin back to Russia. He had been living in Switzerland at the time and the revolution took him by surprise. The German High Command arranged for Lenin to be transported from Switzerland to Russia in a diplomatically sealed train. The Germans wanted Lenin to create more revolutionary disruption in the hope that a new Russian government would get Russia out of World War I.
Lenin abandoned the policy called "war communism" in order to ease the drought and famine in Russia. H abandoned this in favor of what he called the "New Economic Policy."
Vladimir Lenin led the Communist movement in Russia. There were other Marxist leaders such as Julius Martov, but they were not as radical as Lenin and did not start the October Revolution that put Lenin and his Bolsheviks (later renamed Communists) in power.
Lenin was not the first leader of Russia. He was the first leader of the Soviet Union when it was organized under the Treaty of the Soviet Union in late 1923 early 1924. Lenin was physically incapacitated by his strokes by then so he was not a true leader of government; however he is counted as the first leader of the new Soviet Union.
Vladimir Lenin started the New Economic Policy in an attempt to improve the Soviet economy.
Lenin's plan was called the "New Economic Policy."
Capitalism as the main economic system in Russia was abolished by Lenin in Russia. Never the less, when Russia's economy began failing and both industrial and agricultural production fell below even the levels of the Tsarist regime, he instituted what he called a "New Economic Policy." This reintroduced aspects of capitalism in the agricultural sector and in small businesses and factories.
In March of 1917, there was a Russian Revolution that took the Czar out of power. The goal of the new government was a democratic one. But they also wanted to continue the war with Germany. Losing it or quiting the war could be dangerous as Germany had every chance to conquer Russia. With that said, Lenin was sent into Russia from exile by the Germans. It was a quid pro quo that if Lenin took power he would take Russia out of WW 1. The Russian people were still starving and losing battles with Germany under the new democratic Provisional government. Lenin and his Bolshevik party promised to quit the war and bring a new beginning for Russia. Thus his October Bolshevik Revolution was a success. The treaty with Germany was, however, a costly one for Russia.
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Germany hoped Lenin would be disruptive and stir up trouble in Russia in order to spark a revolution that would eventually take Russia out of World War 1, so it sent Lenin back to Russia. This would permit Germany to concentrate its military forces on other fronts instead of having to split them between two fronts. The strategy succeeded quickly since Lenin arrived in Russia in April 1917 and by October 25, 1917 (old style Russian calendar; November 7, new style) engineered the coupe that toppled the Provisional Government . In March 1918, Lenin, Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's participation in World War 1.
Lenin was living in self-imposed exile in Switzerland at the onset of World War 1. In April, 1917, with the help of the German government, he went back to Russia. In July 1917, he fled to Finland to escape the Tsarist police after an attempt to overthrow the Tsar failed. Then Lenin came back into Russia, hid out until the October Revolution and remained in Russia until the end of World War 1.