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====Lenin’s Early Life====Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (later known as Lenin as he solely nicknamed himself) was one of the leading political figures born on 22 April 1870 in Simbirsk on the course of the 20th centuryVolga River into a well-educated family. He excelled at school and chose to pursue law studies and career. However, while he was the at university his brother, Aleksandr Ulyanov, was involved with “Narodovoltsy” – a revolutionary thinker behind terrorist society and in 1891 he was arrested and executed for taking part in an assassination plot against Tsar Alexander III. His brother's execution radicalized Vladimir. He turned his anger towards =the USSR idea (a.kruling Tsarist regime.His brother's execution along with his father’s death marked a. The Great Soviet Union), fought to materialize it turning point in his life and masterminded shaped his path in the Bolshevik bloody takeover of power in Russia after World War Onefuture.[[File:Lenin-circa-1887. And although jpg|thumbnail|150px|left|Vladimir Lenin died in 1887]] Soon after his mid-50sbrother execution, Lenin was expelled from the university for his ideas influenced active participation in student protests against the Tsarist regime. He was forced to continue his law studies as an external student at St. Petersburg University. Around this time he also became passionately interested in Karl Marx’s works. He joined Marxists groups when he was 21 and marked the following generations’ fate, development in essence became a professional revolutionary. Lenin became involved with various Marxist societies and radical groups and published his writings on politics and lives for quite many decades that came afterMarxism.
====Lenin was born on 22 April 1870 in Simbirsk on - the Volga River into a well-educated family. Young Revolutionary==== Once he excelled at schoolLenin was released, he chose continued to pursue a law studies work on his views regarding social imbalance passionately and careerformed the Bolsheviks. However, later in university, angered and influenced by The Bolsheviks would become the cruel public execution preeminent party of his brother (being a member of a revolutionary group himself) at Russian Marxists shaped the hands of the ruling Tsarist regime, Lenin became far more radical in his thinkingfuture Communist Party.<ref>Lenin’s older brother Initially establishing the so- Aleksandr Ulyanov, was involved with “Narodovoltsy” called Russian Social Democratic Worker's Party and later – a revolutionary terrorist society and in 1891 he was arrested and executed for taking part in an assassination plot against Tsar Alexander IIICommunist Party.</ref> That event, together The synthesis of Lenin’s views combined with his father’s death, marked a turning point in young Lenin’s life and broadly determined his path those of the future revolutionary Karl Marx created what we now know todayas “Marxism-Leninism” or the basis of whole Communist doctrine throughout the 20th century. Shortly after these critical events[[File:Vladimir_Lenin_plays_chess_with_Alexander_Bogdanov_during_a_visit_to_Maxim_Gorky_(April_,10_(23)_-_April, _17_(30)_1908).jpg|thumbnail|325px|left|Vladimir Lenin was expelled from the university for his active participation plays chess with Alexander Bogdanov in student protests against Tsarist regime 1908]]His teachings attracted more and was forced to continue his law studies as an external student at St. Petersburg University. Around that time he also became passionately interested in Karl Marx’s worksmore passionate followers. Unsurprisingly, even before concluding his education, young Lenin joined writing unpopular with the Marxists groups Russian authorities. Vladimir argued in favor at the age total state ownership of 21 as to become a professional revolutionary. Lenin quickly got involved with Marxist societies and radical groups and even published several writings of his own. Almost all of them were immediately banned and restricted by the ruling regimeproperty, abolishing Tsarists privileges, declared illegal equal rights for all and only passed from hand to hand. And because he caught the eye elimination of unemployment. As the Russian radicalstension grew, Lenin was declared “enemy of the state” by decided to leave the Russian police. He was mercilessly chased by the Tsarists country for his radical views and ideas and soon he was arrested security reasons and exiled move to SiberiaWestern Europe. During his Siberian exile Vladimir adopted He spent there most of the famous “Lenin” pseudonym himself – the nicksubsequent 15 in self-name he’s become best known for<ref>Throughout imposed exile. After his life Lenin often used many different pseudonyms for work or for security reasons</ref> move to Eastern Europe, he became a prominent member of the international revolutionary movement.
Lenin proved decisive and ruthless from the very beginning. He neglected his fellow countrymen sufferings because he was focused on crushing any internal opposition or riots. The Red Army or as it was also commonly referred to - The Great Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army - was raised by Lenin’s Bolsheviks to oppose the various military collectively known as the White army during the Russian Civil War. After 1922, the Red Army was transformed into the Army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by the new regime.
Lenin’s absolute authoritarian regime soon gained lots of opponents generated opposition, and he narrowly survived a few assassination attempts. In one of these attempts, Vladimir Lenin was severely wounded , and his long term health was affected. However, Lenin was a true 's injury and workaholic, which in effect further ruined nature eroded his health. In May 1922 he suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered. He lost his power of speech , and his right arm and leg were paralyzed. In December came , he had another stroke. The third followed in March 1923 and turned him into a living corpse. Lenin died on 24 January 1924. His corpse body was embalmed and emblematically placed in a mausoleum in his memoriam on Moscow's Red Square. St Petersburg was named renamed Leningrad (The City of Lenin)in his honor.
====Conclusion==== If we measure greatness by the power of will and the scale of damage, then Lenin was truly by all means one of the most remarkable politicians. He destroyed one powerful empires transformed himself from imprisoned radical to create another based on extreme violencean absolute ruler in three decades. In many ways he defined Lenin's shadow hung over the development of world history throughout the 20th centurySoviet Union and Europe for another 70 years. Certainly, While Lenin was the founder of the idea remarkable orator and the guiding spirit of the Soviet Republics for many decades that followed - a communist philosopherwriter, disciple his takeover of Karl Marx, Russia was a leader of the Bolshevik (Communist) Party and the mastermind of the fluke. In 1917 Red October Revolution. Some may consider him a defender, others - a tyrant; some call him a saint, many more – the Russian Empire was a devildisaster. But all in all Lenin played an enormous role in It was led by the history of the 20th centuryRomanov's who were unpopular, foolish and incompetent. He applied communist ideas to real life and his “experiment” forever changed World War I had also fatally weakened the face of the worldRussian Empire. Not only did he reshape all Russia but also Lenin's revolution would have been quickly snuffed out if had millions of people bent to his will, changing the very course of occurred at any other time in Russian history in his own regard. Lenin was 's timing could not have been better. Lenin's luck allowed him to become the first revolutionary dictator of the century with influence on a global scale. He was not the last and paved the way for Stalin, Hitler, Mao and many others that followed as his Marxism-Leninism ideas and works were refreshed and broadly adopted afterwards during the Cold War. Nonetheless, it took over 70 years and millions of lives to put an end to Lenin’s era and forced utopia.<div class="portal" style="width:85%;">
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