Vladimir Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary and political theorist who served as the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924. He was a Marxist and strongly believed in Marx's communist ideals. Lenin helped form the Communist Party and led the October Revolution in 1917, which established the world's first socialist republic. He authored many influential works and established the foundations of communist ideology known as Marxism-Leninism before his death in 1924 at the age of 53.
Vladimir Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary and political theorist who served as the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924. He was a Marxist and strongly believed in Marx's communist ideals. Lenin helped form the Communist Party and led the October Revolution in 1917, which established the world's first socialist republic. He authored many influential works and established the foundations of communist ideology known as Marxism-Leninism before his death in 1924 at the age of 53.
Vladimir Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary and political theorist who served as the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924. He was a Marxist and strongly believed in Marx's communist ideals. Lenin helped form the Communist Party and led the October Revolution in 1917, which established the world's first socialist republic. He authored many influential works and established the foundations of communist ideology known as Marxism-Leninism before his death in 1924 at the age of 53.
Vladimir Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary and political theorist who served as the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924. He was a Marxist and strongly believed in Marx's communist ideals. Lenin helped form the Communist Party and led the October Revolution in 1917, which established the world's first socialist republic. He authored many influential works and established the foundations of communist ideology known as Marxism-Leninism before his death in 1924 at the age of 53.
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Vladimir Lenin
Biographical Essay
Lenin once said that A lie told often enough becomes the truth. This meaning that the more you lie or make-up something, in the future, it will eventually contradict itself and become true. Vladimir Lenin was the founding father of the Russian Communist Party and he was also the 1st head of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). A doctrine classified and joined Marxs works together with Lenins ideas in order to form the Marxism- Leninism. He is known to be the worlds greatest revolutionary leader and idealist since Marx.
Lenin was born in April 22, 1870, in Simbirsk, Russia, but was later named Ulyanovsk. His family is composed of his parents and 6 children. He was very well-educated and got along well with all his family. In 1889, Lenin became immersed in literature related to politics and came along a writing of Karl Marx. He agreed with his ideals and decided to become a Marxist. After the university, Lenin focused more on revolutionary politics and connected to work with Marxists and began to take an active role in their different activities.
During December in 1895, Lenin and many other Marxists were found having a meeting and were later arrested. He was banned from his country and forced to flee to Siberia for 3 years. But, that did not stop Lenin from continuing his work and he created a newspaper called Iskra. Its purpose was used to unify Russian and European Marxists. When he returned to St. Petersburg, where he was originally from, he took up the lead role in the revolutionary movement.
In the 1900s, Lenin experienced many problems such as the newly-
designed group called the Mensheviks which was led by Julius Martov. Issues rose quickly and were related to the party structure and caused forces to drive toward the revolution. During the World War I, Lenin was again arrested and went into exile, this time he was sentenced to a residence in Switzerland. During his exile period, he wrote and published Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916). This work was to show that this war was the result of international capitalism.
After a few years of working for the party, he gradually starts to notice that it has started to started to stray away from the revolutionary goals. Lenin had been suffering from stroke since 1922, and started to wonder how would they govern the USSR after he died. On March 10, 1923, Lenins health was drastically decreasing and he suffered from heavy stroke. But, one of them actually took away his ability to speak which caused him to conclude his political work. Around 10 months later, he passed away in a village called Gorki Leninskiye. But, Lenins works and ideals were still well-known even after he had passed away.
