How Did Lenin Reflect On The Events Of The 20th Century

The Bolshevik October Revolution brought Vladimir Lenin to power. Lenin’s vow to end the war and open negotiations with the Germans provoked the Allies and led to the detachment of a military excursion to oppose the newly established government and aid rebels who had begun a civil war to oust the Bolsheviks.

Lenin and the Bolsheviks assumed power in Russia, in 1917 because of many reasons. Lenin promised to take farmland away from the rich and give to the poor. He promised and end to the war with Germany if he came to power. He demanded all over Russia, control of cities should be given to the Soviets councils of workers. Septembers 1917, is when the Bolsheviks won the election for control of the Soviet in the city of Petrograd (council made up of workers). Then in October, 1917, Lenin ordered the Bolsheviks to violently take over the Tsar’s winter palace, which was the new meeting place for the Provisional Government.

According to the History.com Staff, “The October Revolution began on November 6 and 7, 1917 (or October 24 and 25 on the Julian calendar).” (Russian Revolution”). The October Revolution has also been called the Bolshevik Revolution since the Bolshevik Party played a crucial role in the revolution. The leader of the Bolshevik Party, Vladimir Lenin was a big supporter of Karl Marx. Another Marxist who leads this revolution was Leon Trotsky. In an article by the History.com Staff, “Lenin had created an, almost, bloodless coup d’état against the provisional government.” (“Russian Revolution”). The Bolshevik revolution started when, Alexander Kerensky, rather than follow an order. On October 24th, Kerensky ordered troops that were loyal, to act against the Bolshevik. Encyclopædia Britannica tells us that, “Kerensky was a socialist revolutionary who served as head of the Russian Provisional Government.” (“Aleksandr Kerensky”).

The 1917 Bolshevik Revolution was the seizure of power by the radical Marxists led by Vladimir Lenin and was one of the pivotal moments of the 20th Century. The ramifications of the event, and the subsequent establishment of the world's first Communist regime were immediately obvious, but also had continuing repercussions for decades. This essay will argue that although Lenin and Stalin seemed to have conflicting views, in reality they shared very similar policies; Stalin just took these policies to an extreme.

To the Bolsheviks disappointment, the new government kept Russian involvement in The Great War and the two front war stayed persistent for Germany. With Lenin seeking passage into Russia and the government showing no intention of letting him, it wasn’t until Germany’s financial support that he able to sneak into the country via train.

Vladimir Lenin was a Bolshevik Leader for the 1917 October Revolution, and the first Head of State for the Soviet Union. His contribution to

Russia had lost the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 which caused major dissatisfaction in his rule, afterwards the Russians proceeded to go into World War I where Russia faced millions of casualties. With multiple major military failures and the tyrannical autocratic rule, the people of Russia seeked another type of rule because the Tzar was proven to be incompetent in both political and military leadership. Another reason for the communist takeover in Russia was the February Revolution in 1917 which many consider the rise of communism in Russia. After this revolution, the Tzar had abdicated and a temporary government led by Kerensky was created, this provided Lenin with an opportunity to overthrow the government of Russia. Many months after this event came October Revolution where Lenin has officially overtaken the government of Russia. Reasons for Lenin’s successful takeover was the creation of the Bolsheviks and his political

Without Lenin the Communist party may not have taken over Russia and history may have been very different and very likely more complacent. Lenin among others helped to shape the 20th century and what followed. He was a major part of history despite the idealistic long-term intentions of Lenin. Therefore, understanding Lenin is essential, for understanding historic processes and the role of political leaders in them. His ideology and his political conduct were driven by his political theories which he tried to pitch to the people and the Russian intelligence in particular. Lenin theorized that if he could not rule with the people’s love and approval he would persuade them to accept his rule through fear. A Real-politician in his willingness

- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, according to which Russia ceded large tracts of land to Germany;

The Bolsheviks decided to quickly make peace with the Central Powers and the German Empire, as they had told the Russian people before the Revolution. Lenin's political enemies attributed that decision to his sponsorship by the Foreign Office of Wilhelm II German Emperor, offered to Vladimir in hope that, with a revolution, Russia would leave from World War I. That suspicion was bolstered by the German Foriegn Ministries sponsorship of Lenin's return to Petrograd. Although, after military

“History will not forgive Revolutionaries for procrastinating when they could be victorious today, while they risk losing much tomorrow, in fact, they risk losing everything” (Vladimir Lenin. Call to Power). Lenin was a persistent Russian ruler who wished to instill his communist views in Russian society at all costs. He was influential in motivating his followers to rise up and overthrow Russia’s weak government which lead to the reformation of Russia’s weak economy. Although Lenin faced opposing forces from the West, he was able to institute a number of reforms which boosted Russia’s broken economy and led to the transformation of Russia from a war-struck country into an economically stable power, prior to his death.

Instead Germany wanted Lenin to go to Russia and have Russia get out of the war to help Germany. Then Germany sent Lenin on a locked train to Russia, where he supposedly got money from Germany. This is why people thought Lenin was a spy. Many people did not care though, the Bolsheviks did not care one bit and neither, at this time, did the provisional government care as well. But to this day we will never know the relationship between Lenin and the Germans. Now the Bolsheviks were powerful and wanted very much to keep the way they set it up. Then Lenin dies on January, 21, 1924, at exactly 6:30 pm. Now Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky would have to decide who would take Lenin’s place. Stalin forced Trotsky in to exile and got rid of the threat for his power. Stalin would now be able to mold Russia into whatever he would like. By 1928 Stalin is head of the communist party. Lenin never wanted Stalin to get into power, calling him evil and cold hearted. Stalin now had the power to become an absolute dictator, and he took the opportunity at hand. Russia is now in the hands of a very terrible ruler, Joseph Vladimir, or after he changed his name to Stalin, meaning man of steel. He has gotten rid of the republic that was once Russia, and turned it into his country and no one else’s. Most of the Bolsheviks leaders are rounded up and killed by Stalin during the great purge. He gets rid of every Bolsheviks idea for the government, and makes up his own dictatorship called totalitarianism. Stalin caused police terror, indoctrination, and censorship. The censorship that Stalin used everything that was read or watched. He wanted the media to portray him as a hero, kids would stand in front of their desks and say, thank comrade Stalin for this great life. He also launched the great purge in 1937 which

After Lenin had returned secretly from Finland on October 20th, two major developments persuaded him to intervene and seize control. The first was that his Bolshevik party had become the majority in the Petrograd and Moscow soviets. The second was that the provisional government, which was set up by the “Duma”

Lenin was hard to look at everything that happens. He could not give people more food, just because the Germans came closer and closer to the Kremlin. They burned crops and food were taken by force from the elderly and women, then the Germans shot people in the village and burned it. Lenin knew that the Germans were approaching Moscow. He was sent to the war, more and more people, and he was sitting in a secure place and waited for news. The people of the country rebelled and began to destroy the city. Lenin ordered the soldiers to calm people down. The soldiers did not spared neither women nor children, and when everything was quiet a bit, Vladimir Ilyich wanted to know about the news in Moscow and Moscow

only had the firm support of 15 of 25 members on the 15th of October.