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| − | In | + | In October 1917, Lenin, the leader of the radical wing of the Russian [[Social Democrat]]s, masterminded a [[coup d'etat]] which overthrew the [[Provisional Government]] that had replaced the [[Russian Empire]]. In what historian [[Simon Sebag Montefiore]] has described as a comedy of errors, the Winter Palace was shelled and the Provisional Cabinet was placed under arrest by a mixture of Red Guards and radical sailors from the Kronstadt Naval Base. In the aftermath, the victorious beseigers engaged in a drunken celebration in the Palace's wine cellars and gang raped the units of female volunteers who had been gaurding the Cabinet. |
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Lenin was one of the most devious persons in all of history. He was a revolutionary and mass murderer. In 1889, he became a [[Marxist]] (as previously formulated by [[Karl Marx]]). He obtained a law degree shortly afterwards, and by 1895 was a [[subversion (political)|subversive]] who was arrested and sent to [[Siberia]] as punishment. Once he served his time he left for Western Europe, where he developed his plans further and became a leader of the [[Bolsheviks]]. He returned to Russia after the [[tsar]] abdicated in March 1917, and led the Bolsheviks to power in the "[[October Revolution]]" (November in the Gregorian calendar) by overthrowing the government. (In the night of July 16-17, 1918, a squad of Bolshevik secret police murdered Russia's last emperor, Tsar Nicholas II, along with his wife, Tsaritsa Alexandra, their 14-year-old son, Tsarevich Alexis, and their four daughters.)<ref>[http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v14/v14n1p-4_Weber.html Assessing the Grim Legacy of Soviet Communism]</ref> He then ruled the [[Soviet Union]] under Marxism-Leninism, until 1922, when he retired due to ill health. Lenin's government was notable for placing a woman, Alexandra Kollontai, as Commissar of Social Welfare at a time when positions of authority routinely went to men. She resigned early the following year over a difference of opinion where she was in the minority, but continued to be active in Soviet politics.<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/into.htm]</ref>. Lenin's government also denounced anti-Semitism by the old Russian government in a speech in March 1919 <ref>[http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/718/1/78]</ref>. | Lenin was one of the most devious persons in all of history. He was a revolutionary and mass murderer. In 1889, he became a [[Marxist]] (as previously formulated by [[Karl Marx]]). He obtained a law degree shortly afterwards, and by 1895 was a [[subversion (political)|subversive]] who was arrested and sent to [[Siberia]] as punishment. Once he served his time he left for Western Europe, where he developed his plans further and became a leader of the [[Bolsheviks]]. He returned to Russia after the [[tsar]] abdicated in March 1917, and led the Bolsheviks to power in the "[[October Revolution]]" (November in the Gregorian calendar) by overthrowing the government. (In the night of July 16-17, 1918, a squad of Bolshevik secret police murdered Russia's last emperor, Tsar Nicholas II, along with his wife, Tsaritsa Alexandra, their 14-year-old son, Tsarevich Alexis, and their four daughters.)<ref>[http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v14/v14n1p-4_Weber.html Assessing the Grim Legacy of Soviet Communism]</ref> He then ruled the [[Soviet Union]] under Marxism-Leninism, until 1922, when he retired due to ill health. Lenin's government was notable for placing a woman, Alexandra Kollontai, as Commissar of Social Welfare at a time when positions of authority routinely went to men. She resigned early the following year over a difference of opinion where she was in the minority, but continued to be active in Soviet politics.<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/into.htm]</ref>. Lenin's government also denounced anti-Semitism by the old Russian government in a speech in March 1919 <ref>[http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/718/1/78]</ref>. | ||
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Lenin (born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov [1]) (1870-1924) was the leader of Russian Communism. Coming to power in 1917 he became dictator of the Soviet Union.
Revolution
In October 1917, Lenin, the leader of the radical wing of the Russian Social Democrats, masterminded a coup d'etat which overthrew the Provisional Government that had replaced the Russian Empire. In what historian Simon Sebag Montefiore has described as a comedy of errors, the Winter Palace was shelled and the Provisional Cabinet was placed under arrest by a mixture of Red Guards and radical sailors from the Kronstadt Naval Base. In the aftermath, the victorious beseigers engaged in a drunken celebration in the Palace's wine cellars and gang raped the units of female volunteers who had been gaurding the Cabinet.
Dictator
Lenin was one of the most devious persons in all of history. He was a revolutionary and mass murderer. In 1889, he became a Marxist (as previously formulated by Karl Marx). He obtained a law degree shortly afterwards, and by 1895 was a subversive who was arrested and sent to Siberia as punishment. Once he served his time he left for Western Europe, where he developed his plans further and became a leader of the Bolsheviks. He returned to Russia after the tsar abdicated in March 1917, and led the Bolsheviks to power in the "October Revolution" (November in the Gregorian calendar) by overthrowing the government. (In the night of July 16-17, 1918, a squad of Bolshevik secret police murdered Russia's last emperor, Tsar Nicholas II, along with his wife, Tsaritsa Alexandra, their 14-year-old son, Tsarevich Alexis, and their four daughters.)[2] He then ruled the Soviet Union under Marxism-Leninism, until 1922, when he retired due to ill health. Lenin's government was notable for placing a woman, Alexandra Kollontai, as Commissar of Social Welfare at a time when positions of authority routinely went to men. She resigned early the following year over a difference of opinion where she was in the minority, but continued to be active in Soviet politics.[3]. Lenin's government also denounced anti-Semitism by the old Russian government in a speech in March 1919 [4].
Lenin died in 1924 following a series of progressively more serious strokes.
Lenin used concentration camps and "reeducation" to impose the atheistic ideology upon the population.
| “ | A wide campaign of "education" was undertaken to show the people why "workers' rule" meant, in practice, managers' rule. Where necessary, the education by the word was supplemented with education by firing squad or concentration camp or forced labour battalion. [5] | ” |
The régime of Josef Stalin, the next Premier of the USSR, continued the oppression of the masses initiated by Lenin.