1917 during the set days of the first world war, the Russian Revolution took center stage. In the course of bringing about the transformation of Russia from an empire into the Soviet Union, it removed Russia from the war. The revolution happened through two separate stages of a coup, one in February and one in October, however, this writing will focus more on the October revolution. At the center of the revolution Vladimir Lenin, he had played a crucial role in bringing about and shaping the Russian Revolution and, ultimately in bringing about change in Russia (Timm, 2017). Under Vladimir Lenin, the new government would solidify three years after the civil war which came to an end in 1920. With Lenin at the core of change in Russia, this writing will explore his immense influence on the events which occurred during the revolution, it will look particularly at his influence leading to the October Revolution (Timm, 2017). The writing will also look at Lenin's interpretation of Marxism and, ultimately the effect it had on the revolution and too will assess the impact Lenin had after the revolution, this writing will further Leni's contribution to the revolution declining into horror and civil war.
Although the revolution happened abruptly, its roots trace back to over 100 years. Before the revolution, the Russian monarchy had become weaker and more vulnerable as the years progressed. Tsar Nicholas tsar second, who led Russia led Russia in the years leading up to the revolution, had witnessed revolutionary terrorists assassinate his grandfather and his father's response to the assassination, in the form of brutality towards the Russian people, when Nicholas in 1894 became tsar, he used similar measures to subdue and threaten resistance movements, which became increasingly severe and widespread each year. However, as years passed, Nicholas the Second grew weaker, and this led to the rise of a new leader Vladimir Lenin who rose as one of the most prominent and powerful public figures in Russia. Living in a self-imposed exile in 1900, Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia in 1917 and exerted tremendous influence with and decisive vision for the Russian future. At your age, Lenin was influenced by the execution of his older brother Alexander after he had been involved in a plot to overthrow and assassinate the tsar. Suddenly at age 17, Lenin found himself as the male head of his family fortunately, his mother's salary was enough to support the family. Lenin came to lead the revolutionary Bolsheviks. By May, with opposition mounting from all sides, the provisional government had not yet been able to carry out elections (Timm 2017), with the election dates being delayed multiple times. From the 20th century, there were three main revolutionary parties in Russia the Socialist Party, which was mainly supported by the peasants, was mainly influenced by anarchism, and resorted to political terror (Martin McCauley, 2017); within the first decade, members...
