Assess the impact that Lenin had on Russia and on the Russian people.

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Assess the impact that Lenin had on Russia and on the Russian people.

     Lenin gained power in Russia in November 1917 and during the next 7 years tried to build communism in Russia. To assess Lenin’s impact on Russia and the Russian people during this time, I will describe some important episodes.

     Before the March Revolution started the Bolsheviks party was small not well known but well organized. Lenin was the leader of the party but he was in exile in Switzerland. When Lenin heard about the Revolution he moved back to Russia straight away. On the way he wrote the April Theses. These theses were like a programme for the Bolshevik party. The idea of the April Theses was to make the Russian people happy and put them on his side. He wrote: land for the peasants, peace for solders and bread for workers. These theses were satisfactory for majority of Russian people and gained important support for the Bolsheviks.

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     Lenin wanted to be a dictator from the beginning and he showed this when the Bolsheviks split from the Mensheviks. He did not want any democracy in Russia. Before the November Revolution the Provisional Government planned elections in Russia and the Bolsheviks lost to the Social-Revolutionaries. Lenin’s decision was to destroy democracy and make Russia one- party state. And this party should be Communist party. He achieved this by closing down, with Red Guards solders, the Constituent Assembly on the first day it met.  

     Most Russian people hated the war. First of all the solders ...

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