"Peace, bread, and land!" This was the promise made by Vladimir Lenin to the people of Russia. Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party and leader of the Bolshevik
Revolution to overthrow the Tsar. At the start of the 20th centur, the ruling Tsar of Russia had absolute power, but was currupt and disliked by many of its citizens. After the downfall of the
Tsar, Lenin succeeded in uniting and gaining the support of the Russian people with his promise of peace, bread, and land. Russia's involvment in the World War 1 left the country devasted due to poor leadership and supplies. Hunderds of soldiers died and civil unrest created cries of peace from the soldiers and citizens. When soldiers were commanded to fire among protesters, they
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During the Civil War, soldiers both sides demanded food from the workers and peasants to support the war cause. Lenin fulfilled his promise of relieving the famine by instituting the New Economic Policy in March of
192, which allowed for some free market (capitalism) through the ownership of private buisnesses. The majority of people in Russia were peasant farmers, however, they did not get to own the land they worked. Instead wealthy noblemen owned the land, an often kept most of the harvest, leaving very little for the peasants. Lenin recognized the need for peasants to own their own land and distributed land to the peasants once he came into power. This allowed the peasants to be better off because they could keep more of what they worked for. As a result
Lenin gained the support of many of the peasants. Vladimir Lenin knew that in order to gain power he needed to appeal to the needs of the Russian people, and in order to stay in power he needed to fulfill his promise of peace, bread, and land. Peace was fulfilled by Russia's peace treaty with Germany, bread was fulfilled by allowing free market, and land was fulfilled by distributing land ownership to the