Explain the importance in relation to other factors, the role of Lenin in the Bolsheviks coming to power.

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Ovee Asif Hasan Explain the importance in relation to other factors, the role of Lenin in the Bolsheviks coming to power In this essay I will talk about the role Lenin played to the Bolsheviks coming to power.  Lenin can be seen as the backbone and driver in the events now referred to as the October revolution, where the Bolshevik’s (Lenin’s party) took over the Russian government in St Petersburg and were not only successful in seizing power but able to hang onto the position during a long civil war and thereafter. The revolution is a crucial event in our modern times. It changed Russia and its effects are still felt around the world today. Lenin was the main leader who helped achieve and maintain this political order. Some may argue that Trotsky also held a main role but he was not a member of the party at the time were Lenin wrote and constructed his theses and therefore during the pre-condition phase was not as vital in Lenin’s initial success. Although throughout the civil war and the critical phase in general, Lenin relied upon Trotsky’s mind and military organizational skills to achieve success. Lenin’s emergence as a revolutionary leader was during the pre-condition phase of the revolution, in1903. Here as the second congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, (RSDLP), he already showed signs of being a powerful and convincing leader.  Lenin’s vision was that the party should be exclusive, comprised only of a small amount of professional revolutionaries. Lenin’s faction became known, as the Bolsheviks and those who opposed, the Mensheviks, believed the part should be a mass organisation, which all workers could join. Lenin’s Bolshevik party attracted the support from professional revolutionaries from the provinces. They appeared more comfortable with Lenin’s unpretentious bearings and ordinary appearance than that of the
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Mensheviks and the Marxist intelligentsia in St Petersburg and Moscow who were drawn to them. Lenin’s speeches were powerful but without a hint of polish or elegance. He was very confidant and an outspoken leader. These are the reasons that Lenin’s personality, conviction and status in society were the main reasons why so many were drawn to him. Lenin was seen as the undisputed leader of his party. Many defined Bolshevism as a personal pledge to Lenin where Mensheviks to a lesser extent by those who opposed him. This once again supports the theory that Lenin was the driver of ...

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