Explain the role of Lenin in Russian revolution
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Vladimir Lenin led the Russian Bolsheviks in a successful takeover of the provisional government that had been created when Nicholas II abdicated the throne a few months earlier in the face of mass protests and riots against his rule. Known as the "October Revolution," the 1917 change of government that occurred when Lenin and the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace on the night of October 26 led to the creation of the first socialist state with Lenin as its head. Lenin went on to survive two assassination attempts, and he remained the leader of the Communist Party and Premier of the Soviet Union until his death from a stroke in 1924.
Explanation:
1.on his return from exile in April 1917 he organised his party to take over the reign of the government as the menshevik running the provisional government had lost the popular support.
2.in his APRIL THESIS he put forward clear policies to end the Russian participation in the war, transferring land to the tiller and nationalizing the banks
he proclaimed the right to self determination of all people 3.in the Russian Empire on 7 November 1917 the provisional government fell, making lenin the head of the world's first communist country.
4. he implemented his policy to make Russia actually socialist society till his death in 1924.
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