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…in Finland. It is here that he meets Vladimir Lenin. Stalin quickly becomes one of Lenin’s most trusted lieutenants; his main priority going to raising money for the party. Lenin promotes Stalin to the Central Committee, which is the Bolsheviks leading body…

…to Siberia. He escaped in 1904. The ensuing years witnessed his closer identification with revolutionary Marxism, his many escapes from captivity, his growing intimacy with Lenin and Bukharin, his early disparagement of Leon Trotsky, and his co-option, in 1912…

…. The league failed as result of Austro-Russian rivalry in the Balkans. Bismarck was a complete success. He was allied with three of the great powers and friendly with the other, Great Britain, which held aloof from all alliances. While Germany's fleet became…

…and civil authority to the Russian Army. Kerensky responded by dismissing Kornilov from office and ordering him back to Petrograd. Lavr Kornilov now sent troops under the leadership of General Krymov to take control of Petrograd. Kerensky was now in danger…

…out of an underground organization set up to distribute the Marxist newspaper, Iskra (``The Spark''). 10 Among its chief editors were Lenin and Plekhanov. The Russian Social Democratic Worker's Party officially began with a congress held in Brussels…

…the personalities that ruled and had major influence in Russia chose an authoritarian route. Due to the way Russia was and is to this day, to rule Russia efficiently seems to require authoritarian rather than liberal government. The 'Russian' Empire through the Tsars…

…What Sparked the Russian Revolution? The Russian Revolution took place during difficult time in Russia. These troubles began before World War I and lasted up until 1930’s. Russia’s population was made up of mostly poor, starving peasants. A small…

…Farm by George Orwell' Orwell uses this example to base his book on. He makes the characters personify the major players in the Russian Revolution. Orwell uses this to form a well written piece of literature. In 'Animal Farm' The Democratic society led…

…of Lenin he relied on these people to back him for getting into the government. After his successful drive into leader, he expelled Trotski from Russia, and spread lies about him. Trotski was eventually tracked down and killed by the Russian secret police…

…turned the society to a totalitarianism state. Lenin made himself the dictator and uses terror as his chief instrument to rule over Russia. After Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin came to power. He was the head of the Soviet Communist party and the Russian…