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…Question: "Lenin was a realist who was prepared to change his policies in order to save the Bolshevik revolution" Discuss Lenin changed his policies to save the revolution. People argue he had no choice due the threat of revolt and being overthrown…

…the practitioner." (Medvedev, pg 16) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is synonymous with the Russian revolution in 1917. This alone meant that he would have an impact on revolutionary thinking all over the world. However, he was not just the leader of the revolution…

…was arrested and in February 1897 exiled to Siberia for three years. In 1900 he went abroad, where together with G.V. Plekhanov he began to publish the newspaper "Iskra" ("Spark"). At the 2nd conference of the Russian Social Democratic Working Party (1903) Lenin…

…4a. Lenin adapted Marxism to conditions in Russia because the country was in a state that wouldn't have been ideal for Marx's concepts. Marx had predicted that the unhappy working class would overthrow the capitalist government, as they were the getting…

…. They rose up against the czar, Czar Nicholas II, in an attempt to overthrow the autocratic government. They were successful. Czar Nicholas II abdicated his throne and the government collasped. With the arrival of Vladimer Ilich Lenin, the Russian Revolution…

…(Johnson 43). This help from outside Russia actually helped Lenin, as it drove public sentiment against the Whites. Russian troops, scattered and dispirited, had just been through World War I. Somehow, though, Lenin and his good friend Leon Trotsky…

…, who had help from Western nations (Johnson 43). This help from outside Russia actually helped Lenin, as it drove public sentiment against the Whites. Russian troops, scattered and dispirited, had just been through World War I. Somehow, though, Lenin…

…of the Proletariat'; the question is how did they succeed in giving economic power to Russian people. The first solid economic policy instituted in Russia after the abdication of the Tsar and the overthrow of Kerensky's Provisional Government was Lenin's policy of War…

…companion, Stalin told Trotsky the wrong date for the funeral. Many Russians were angered by Trotsky not appearing at their great leader's funeral and Stalin took Trotsky's place at Lenin's side, showing him as the loyal Leninist. Stalin was a manipulator. He…

…, but take advantage of the opportunities thrown up by Russian circumstance. In this sense, Lenin’s role was immensely important. Bibliography 1. Carr E.H., What is History. 2. Cherniavsky. M. The Structure of Russian Society, 1970.New York. 3. Christian…