Vladimir Lenin
-Agreed to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
-Established leadership under Council of People's Comissars
-Main Bolshevik leaders were Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin
-Redistrbuted the land
-Nationalized all banks
-Private accounts were Confiscated
-Foreign trade became state monopoly
-All opposition groups were made illegal (including the Mensheviks)
-Formed a counter-revolutionary comitee
-Established leadership under Council of People's Comissars
-Main Bolshevik leaders were Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin
-Redistrbuted the land
-Nationalized all banks
-Private accounts were Confiscated
-Foreign trade became state monopoly
-All opposition groups were made illegal (including the Mensheviks)
-Formed a counter-revolutionary comitee
"A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution."
-Vladimir Lenin
-Vladimir Lenin
summary
Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as leader of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917, then concurrently as Premier of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death. Under his administration, the Russian Empire was replaced by the Soviet Union; all wealth including land, industry and business was nationalized. His political theories are known as Leninism.