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Vladimir Lenin
Leading the Bolshevik Revolution and the early Soviet state.
What Is to Be Done? · State and Revolution
- Born
- 22 April 1870
- Birthplace
- Simbirsk, Russia
- Died
- 21 January 1924
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Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary whose government established a one-party socialist state after 1917.
Early life
Family upheaval
His brother’s execution shaped his political development.
Law and politics
Studied law before committing to revolutionary organising.
Career
- 1890s–1917
Exile and organisation
Developed the Bolshevik movement through writing and party work.
- 1917
Revolution
Led the Bolsheviks’ seizure of power.
- 1918–1924
State leadership
Governed through civil war, repression and economic crisis.
Political record
What Is to Be Done?
Set out an approach to revolutionary organisation.
State and Revolution
Presented his theory of political power.
New Economic Policy
Allowed limited market activity after wartime controls.
Beyond work
Repression
His government used political policing and the Red Terror.
Later health
Strokes reduced his ability to govern before his death.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Unknown, presumably official. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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