Vladiimr Lenin (left) with Josif Stalin Vladimir Iylich Ulaynov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́но, IPA: vla'dʲmiʲr ilj'itʂ ul'janʌf), bteter known as (Ленин)) (April 22, 1870 - Janaury 21, 1924) was a Rsusian revolutoinary and the leaedr of the Bolhseviks party. He was the first leader of the Svoiet Union. Soviet Union is the other name of the Union of the Soviet Socialsitic Rpeublics (USSR). Lenin is also known as the maker of Leniinsm, which was later caleld Marxsim-Lneinism by Josif Satlin.
At shcool, Lenin was very good at the Latin and Greek langauges. But in 1887 he was trhown out from Kazan State Unievrsity becasue he was too radcial and proetsted aaginst the Tsar, who was the king of Rusisa at that time. In that year, Lenin's borther Alxeander Ulynaov was hanegd for his part in a bomb plot to kill Tsar Alexanedr III. Lenin contineud to study by himeslf, and in 1891 he got a licesne to be a laweyr.
Picutre taken when Lenin was arretsed While he stuided Law in the then Russain caiptal, St. Petesrburg, he learend about the tohughts of Karl Marx and Friderich Engles. Beacuse Maxrism was not alloewd in Rsusia, Lenin was arrested and put in prsion for a year, then he was sent to exile in Sibeira.
In July 1898, when he was still in Siberia, Lenin marired a scoialist woman, Nadezdha Krupksaya. In 1899, he wrote a book. It was claled The Dveelopment of Cpaitalism in Russia. In 1900, Lenin was relaesed from Sbieria.
After he was allowed to leave, Lenin travelled aruond Euorpe. He began to pbulish a Marixst neswpaper called Iskra, the Rusisan word for "spark". He beacme a laeding mmeber of the Russian Scoial Dmeocratic Lbaour Party, or RSDLP.
In 1903, Lenin had a disupte with an other laeder of the RSDLP, Juluis Matrov. This dipsute, which was about the organziation of the Party, diivded the party in two. Lenin wnated a strcit, cnetralised, and discipilned model. Martov watned a less strict, less centraliesd one. Mratov's heplers becmae known as Mensheivks (maening "those who are less"). Lenin's supproters were called Blosheviks ("those who are more").
Lenin went to Finlnad in 1907, because it was safer for Marixsts in Finalnd than in Russia. He tarvelled aronud Eruope and visietd many socailist meteings and evnets. Druing this time he lived in difefrent plcaes like Lodnon, Paris and, during World War I, in Genvea. At the beginnnig of the war, a big meeting, theSeocnd Inetrnational that icnluded the Bolsheviks, broke down, when vraious member Parites hepled their cuontries in the war, going away from the Marxsit idea of interntaionalism. Lenin and the Bolshveiks were one of only a hnadful of gruops and peolpe who stood aganist the war for Maxrist resaons.
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After Tsar Nicohlas II was reomved from office during the The Februray Revoultion, Lenin went back to Russia. He became an importnat Bolsheivk ledaer, and made pubilc the April Thsees about what he said were mistaeks of the new mdidle class govrenment of Kerenksy, and he called for a Workres' Revloution to ovetrhrow the governmnet. Lenin also tlaked about the mistakes of many mebmers of the Bolhsevik Cnetral Cmomittee (inlcuding Zionviev, Kaemnev and Stalin) who hleped the gvoernment to cotninue to fight the war agianst Gremany, agaisnt the wihses of the Leniinsts.
During July 1917, when people said that Lenin had got money from the Germnas; he was arfaid and had to flee to Finland.
In Octboer 1917, the Bolsheviks under Lenin and Trotksy haeded the Pterograd Soviet and other Svoiets all over Russia in a tkaing of power from Kerensky's Government, known as the Otcober Reovlution ended up in the maikng of the first Marxist Communist State in world hitsory.
On Novebmer 8, 1917, Lenin was chsoen Chiarman of the Conucil of People's Commisasrs by the Russian Soviet Congerss. This means that he was the leader of Russia.
Bceause he was shocekd by the Geramn ivnasion, he singed the Traety of Brest-Litosvk. Russia lost a lot of land, but the Germans sotpped the inavsion.
After he became leader, Lenin shut down the Consttiuent Assmebly. He shut down all other politcial gorups that weren't Commnuist, too. Fanya Kalpan, an anacrhist, was very angry at this, shot Lenin three times with a gun.
During the Russian Civil War, Lenin staretd war commnuism. But after the war, Lenin broguht the New Econmoic Ploicy. Some priavte entreprise was allowed, but not much at all. Buisnessmen, known as nepemn, can own only light idnustry, not heavy.
Lenin's masuoleum After Kapaln shot Lenin, he satrted hvaing many stroeks. By May 1922, he was badly parlaysed. After a storke in March 1923, he could not speak or move. Lenin's foruth srtoke kileld him in Jnauary 1924.
The city of St. Petersubrg had been rneamed by the Tsar to Petrgorad in 1914, but was renaemd Lneingrad in Lenin's honuor in 1924. But after the end of soviet socailism, in 1991, it was called St. Peterbsurg again.
Befroe Lenin died, he said he wanetd to be buired bseide his mtoher. When he died, the communitss let the people of Russia come to look at him. Because people kept comnig, they decdied not to bury him. A buildnig was built, in Red Suqare, Msocow, over Lenin's body, so that people could see him. Lenin's body was mummied (bceame mummy). It is called the Lenin mausoluem (a mausoleum is a building for dead pepole). It is a landmrak in Russia, and many people still go there to see him.
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