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Lenin - Character Profile
- EARLY LIFE
- Born on April 22nd 1870 into
an upper middle class family
- Simbirsk, Russia
- Father was inspector of
schools, died in 1886
- In 1887 his brother was executed for
trying to plot the assassination of the Tsar
- After brother's death, took up
revolutionary ways
- Simbirsk, Russia
- Kicked out of school when he
was a teenager for taking part in
political demonstration
- Studied law and lived with relatives
- Passed Law exams in 1891,
but law soon took a back seat
to his revolutionary activity
- Made name for himself in
Russian Marxism
- Made name for himself in
Russian Marxism
- Passed Law exams in 1891,
but law soon took a back seat
to his revolutionary activity
- Born on April 22nd 1870 into
an upper middle class family
- JAIL
- In 1895, sent to Siberia
- Married Nadezhda Krupskaya who he
met in St. Petersburg underground
movement
- First Russian Marxist
Party Formed - the
Social Democrats
- In 1903 had second
Congress in Brussels
and London
- Party split in two - Bolsheviks
and Mensheviks
- Lenin was leader of Bolsheviks
- Lenin was leader of Bolsheviks
- Party split in two - Bolsheviks
and Mensheviks
- In 1903 had second
Congress in Brussels
and London
- Exile ended in 1900,
moved to West Europe,
publishing revolutionary
newspaper (the Spark)
- In 1895, sent to Siberia
- REVOLUTION
- The Tsar got through
the 1905 revolution but
WWI was taking its toll
- In 1917, the Tsarist
government fell
- Lenin travelled from exile in
Switzerland in a sealed train from
Germany - Germans helped him
- March - November 1917: Russia
Ruled by Provisional Government
- Many miscalculations made and the strain of
WWI led Lenin and the Bolsheviks to a majority
- Many miscalculations made and the strain of
WWI led Lenin and the Bolsheviks to a majority
- The Tsar got through
the 1905 revolution but
WWI was taking its toll
- POWER
- Quickly made peace with
Germans
- Red Terror: Killed many Mensheviks and
peasants (some were put in concentration
camps)
- Caused famine in 1921 killing 5 million
- Caused famine in 1921 killing 5 million
- By 1922, Lenin was leader of a United Russia - the USSR
- Suffered two strokes in 1922 and a third
in 1923, stripping him of his speech
- Died in 1924
- Died in 1924
- Josef Stalin takes over - Lenin had warned
the government about him before his death
- Lenin was made a Saint and body
was in Moscow until 1991 when the
USSR collapsed
- Quickly made peace with
Germans
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