Notes
Vladimir Lenin returns from exile in April
Germans helped assist him by giving him a train and passage through Finland
States April Theses denouncing the war
Leader of the Bolsheviks
Agreed to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Established leadership under Council of People’s Comissars
Main Bolshevik leaders were Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin
Redistributed the land
Nationalized all banks
Private accounts were confiscated
Foreign trade became state monopoly
All opposition groups were made illegal (including the Mensheviks)
Formed a counter-revolutionary committee
Germans helped assist him by giving him a train and passage through Finland
States April Theses denouncing the war
Leader of the Bolsheviks
Agreed to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Established leadership under Council of People’s Comissars
Main Bolshevik leaders were Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin
Redistributed the land
Nationalized all banks
Private accounts were confiscated
Foreign trade became state monopoly
All opposition groups were made illegal (including the Mensheviks)
Formed a counter-revolutionary committee
- Summary
After receiving assistance from Germany through Finland led the Bolshevik part and was leader of the Soviet Union.
Subjunctive question
Could Vladimir Lenin have made it back to Russia on his own to lead the Bolsheviks?
Quotes
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin