Lenin was not a German spy in the sense that he was employed by Germany and acting solely on its instructions or reporting secrets of state back to it. Nevertheless, Germany did give money to Lenin and the Bolsheviks to help them stir up trouble and be disruptive to the Russian war effort if not touch off an outright revolution.Lenin and the Bolsheviks were accused of being German agents once word got out that he and the Bolsheviks were receiving money from Germany.
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I think Lenin was succeeded by Stalin.
Lenin was responsible for the deaths of 1.6 million but Stalin killed as many as twenty million.
The essential difference between the two is that Kerensky was a capitalist while Lenin was a socialist/communist. Kerensky wanted to continue Russia's part in World War 1 and not change the system of ownership of land. Lenin wanted to end Russia's part in the war and redistribute land from its owners to the peasants that worked them. Kerensky allowed dissent. Lenin did not. Kerensky did not exile, imprison or execute people who did not follow his orders. Lenin did. Kerensky was democratic. Lenin was autocratic.
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Lenin led the Bolshevik faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. The RSDLP was split into two factions, Lenin's Bolsheviks and the majority faction Mensheviks. Both Bolsheviks and Mensheviks were Marxist. The Mensheviks were just not as radical as the Bolsheviks. Lenin led the Bolshevik faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Party. The RSDLP was split into two factions, Lenin's Bolsheviks and the majority faction Mensheviks. Both Bolsheviks and Mensheviks were Marxist. The Mensheviks were just not as radical as the Bolsheviks.