Compare Lenin and Stalin.

Later Lenin was exiled to Switzerland, where he wrote books, including “What is to be done?” and the newspaper (Iskra). He worked more like a writer, less as a politician. Stalin was arrested 8 times, was exiled 7 times and escaped 6 times. Before the revolution Stalin played small role in Bolshevik party. Lenin actually was the leader of Bolsheviks. And because of him Social Democrats split in to Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.

Lenin was an extraordinary person. He was very good public speaker and thinker. Also he knew what majority of Russian people wanted and he tried to give it for them (Piece, land, bread). Stalin was basically an ordinary person without any special skills. The main difference in their characters was that Lenin did not want to be seen as a great hero for Russian people but Stalin put himself like a God in Russia. He had got a title of generalissimos and his pictures of him were everywhere.

Mostly their beliefs were the same. First of all both of them were Marxists. So were all their ideas about how to make Russia communist country. It contained abolishing all classes, factories to be controlled by the workers, give the land from the Tsar, Church and Nobility to the peasants, women to be treated as equal to men. But there was just one big difference. Lenin wanted to spread communist revolution across the world (he organized the Comintern in 1919 to do this). Lenin introduced “The New Economic Policy”, which allows some private ownership. Stalin was against NEP from the beginning, because he was afraid to lose his power. When Stalin gained power the first thing he did was to stop the NEP.

In conclusion I want to say that Lenin and Stalin were completely different personalities and they tired to do different things. Also it is hard to compare them because Stalin ruled when Lenin was already died. Lenin created the Revolution and Communist Russia 1917-1923. Stalin played a small role in Revolution. His power grows from 1923. And Stalin just continued most of Lenin’s ideas.