Vladimir Ilich Lenin

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Ulyanov ) is one of the most outstanding personalities in Russian history . He is known as the main organizer and leader of the Great October Social Revolution , which greatly influenced political course of Russia and drastically changed its historic development . The Time magazine formulated the main achievements of Lenin 's life as the following : Driven by ideological zeal , he reshaped Russia and made communism into a potent global force (Remnick However

, taking into account recent collapse of the Soviet Union and the difficulties of former Soviet countries on their way to economic progress , the career and legacy of Lenin must be also considered controversial

Vladimir Ulyanov was born in 1870 in the city of Simbirsk (currently Ulyanovsk ) to the family of middle class Russian educators . Vladimir received a brilliant education in local school , and in 1887 he entered Kazan State University in to obtain a degree in law . However along with his male siblings , Vladimir had very radical political thoughts that were developed as a protest against extensive social discrimination taking place in the nineteenth century in Russia . After the execution of his elder brother Alexander , Vladimir was expelled from the University , but continued his studies by his own

In 1893 Lenin moved to St . Petersburg , where he completed his education and joined Marxist political groups . Young revolutionary activists struggled for social liberties and better life for lower social classes in Russia . Lenin 's ideas included developing capitalistic society in the country , launching the principles of social democracy , improving economic situation of the poor , and many other innovations . In the end of the 1890s , Lenin was arrested for these anti-government propagandistic activities . The arrest was followed by a 3 year exile to a Siberian village . These years were spent by Lenin in writing his political and philosophic works , including the book The Development of Capitalism in Russia

In the beginning of the twentieth century , Lenin had to immigrate to Europe in to make necessary preparations for the revolution . In 1905 in St . Petersburg a failed attempt of revolution took place , which pointed on the necessity to develop a better plan for more serious movement . After the hard years of the First World War , in October 1917 the political party of the Bolsheviks , leaded by Vladimir Lenin and supported by the members of national labor unions and the groups of workers , managed to seize the power from the king and get a chance to form a new liberal government , as well as to rule the country in a new way

Lenin was announced the President of the Soviet Union . During his term he implemented a great deal of important reformations : private ownership for industries was abolished , .banks were nationalized , a supreme council was established to revive the dislocated economy , and workers control over factory production was introduced (Lagasse 28125 However , formally Lenin became a dictator whose political thoughts remained very radical...