Vladimir Lenin : the great hero of the Soviet Union

 Vladimir Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first head of state of the Soviet Republic. Under his rule, Russia became a one-party communist state led by the Communist Party of the Greater Soviet Union. During the Russian Revolution of 1917, his popularity spread widely. The revolution marked the end of the tyrannical Romanov dynasty and centuries of imperial rule in Russia.

Vladimir Lenin

A Russian Communist revolutionary and head of the Bolshevik Party. On April 22, 1870, Vladimir Lenin was born into a middle-class family in Tsarist Russia. His real name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. He is best known as Lenin. Lenin's father was Ilya Ulyanov and mother Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanov. He was the third of six siblings.Ideologically he believed in socialist Marxism. Lenin's diverse ideas are known as "Leninism". Leninism is a political ideology promoted by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. His ideology was posthumously recognized as "Marxism-Leninism".He studied law at Kazan Imperial University. He was expelled from Kazan Imperial University for participating in illegal student protests Be motivated by ideology. In 1889, Lenin declared himself a Marxist. After passing law from St. Petersburg University in 1891, he started practicing law there.He was arrested once for his involvement in Marxist activities. He was exiled to Siberia. Lenin moved from there to Germany and then to Switzerland. There he met other European Marxists.

Russia in the First World War

In August 1914, Russia entered World War I with the support of the Allies. Militarily imperialist Russia was no match for modern and industrialized Germany. So Russia's participation in the war was a terrible decision. Russia suffered more casualties in the war than any other country. In addition, food and fuel shortages soon plagued Russia greatly. With Russia's defeat in World War I, Lenin accelerated his political revolution. It was during this time that he wrote Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916). In which he argued that war was a natural consequence of international capitalism.

Lenin's seizure of power

In April 1917, the Russian Revolution began. Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in March when food shortages led to a strike. As a result, centuries of imperial rule in Russia came to an end. After the Russian Revolution, Russia came under a Provisional Government. Those opposed to social reform and continued Russian participation in World War I. Lenin began plotting to overthrow the Provisional Government. To Lenin the Provisional Government was a "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie".He advocated direct rule by workers and peasants rather than dictatorship of the proletariat.Lenin decided to seize power due to the leadership vacuum in the new government. He secretly transformed volunteer Red Guards of factory workers, farmers, soldiers and sailors into a paramilitary force.In November 1917, the Red Guards occupied the temporary government building in a bloodless coup.The Bolsheviks declared Soviet rule by seizing power in Russia. Lenin became the head of the Soviet government as the leader of the world's first communist state. The new Soviet government ended Russia's involvement in World War I with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.The Bolshevik Revolution

The Bolshevik Revolution plunged Russia into a three-year civil war. The Red Army, supported by Lenin's newly formed Russian Communist Party, fought against the White Army. The White Army was an alliance of supporters of monarchists, capitalists and democratic socialism. During this time, Lenin formulated an economic policy called "War Communism". Under War Communism, Lenin quickly nationalized all manufacturing and industry throughout Soviet Russia. He collected surplus grain from farmers to feed his Red Army.He collected surplus grain from farmers to feed his Red Army.These measures of Lenin proved disastrous. Industrial and agricultural production declined rapidly under the new state-owned economy. In 1921, an estimated five million Russians died of famine and living standards began to decline across Russia. During the civil war Russia suffered a massive economic downturn.Mass unrest threatened the Soviet government. As a result, Lenin established his new economic policy. The New Economic Policy creates a market-oriented economic system, which is a state-controlled “free market” and a “capitalist system”.After the Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin established the Cheka, the first secret police in Russia. Lenin used the Cheka to silence his opponents and rivals within his own political party. But these measures of his help to raise more enemies.Next, Lenin introduced the Red Terror. The Red Terror carried out a campaign of genocide against the Tsarist rulers, Russia's upper classes, and the opposition. Lenin's Red Army ultimately won the Russian Civil War. After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1922, Russia formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) through an agreement with Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Lenin became the head of the newly formed Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. But then his health deteriorated. In 1922, Lenin suffered a stroke, which left him speechless. As a result, he left the regime. Lenin's absence paved the way for Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin's rise to power. But Lenin resented Stalin's growing political influence and saw his rise as a threat to the USSR

Lenin died on January 21, 1924, at Gorky Leninskiye, near Moscow. He was 53 years old at the time of his death. During World War II Lenin's mausoleum was moved from Moscow's Red Square to the remote Russian city of Tyumen for protection.

Vladimir Lenin