Vladimir Lenin A True Rebel

Vladimir Lenin a True Rebel

-> Introduction

¨One man with a gun can control a hundred without¨ (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin). Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the October Revolution and the U.S.S.R. Lenin was a professional revolutionary let alone a rebel he was driven to this path in his early years first by his brothers execution and while working as a lawyer 's assistant with peasants. Lenin devoted most of his life to his cause and was one of the greatest rebels ever to live.

-> Early Years

Lenin born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in Simbirsk, Russia April, 22 1870, was driven to the path of a professional revolutionary by the execution of his brother Alexsandr. Lenin was raised in a well educated family and exceeded in school he was showed

Lenin while staying at his grandfather 's estate after being banished from Kazan, read older revolutionary literature such as Marx ¨Das Kapital¨ and ¨What is to be done?” by Nikolai Chernetsky, in 1889 he considered himself a marxist. Then after receiving his law degree Lenin worked as a lawyer 's assistant, working with mostly peasant he acquired a hatred for the class bias legal system¨ (Resis). He then moved to St. Petersburg where he worked as a public defender for revolutionary Marxist Circles. In 1895 Lenin and his colleagues were arrested and jailed for 6 months, then exiled to Siberia for 3 years here Lenin married his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya. After his exclie Lenin went abroad across Europe forming the Bolshevik party in 1903. In 1912 Lenin moved to Switzerland where he stayed for most of WW1 here writing one of his most famous works ¨Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism¨ witch focused on how imperialism was the cause of the war and that Russiaś defeat would be the surest way of bringing about a communist revolution. Then in 1917 after WW1 had exhausted Russia, Lenin was allowed renentery by the Germans who hoped the return of revolutionaries would undermine the war effort. In Russia Lenin began working to over through the provisional government that had formed after the fall of the Tsarist regime and started what was later known as The October Revolution. Three years of civil war followed the revolution, the Bolsheviks won and took full control of Russia. Lenin then went on to Lead The Soviet Union until his death in 1924 when Joseph Stalin took power. In conclusion in his Lifetime Lenin Established the Bolshevik party, lead the Bolshevik revolution of Tsarist Russia, and headed the Soviet Union until his