Men make their own history...they do not make it

under circumstances chosen by them, but rather

under circumstances directly encountered, given

In any account of history, it is difficult to determine weather the crucial roles were played by individuals or by historical forces beyond the control of any individual. There is on one hand the argument that it is the actions of great individuals that has created the turning points in world history. Aligned with this is the historical argument that it was the activities of Lenin in October 1917, which explains why Russia was a communist nation for so many decades. One the other hand it can be argued that history is directed by natural forces beyond the control of any human; accidents, fate, economic developments, mass movements and so on. In this case it is difficult to see historical figures as anything more than insignificant actors in the play of destiny, mere "labels giving names and faces to events." Marx is usually credited with views on essential impersonality of historical processes.

I intend to argue this historical dilemma with a close

4. Cliff. T. Lenin, 1976. Vol. 2. Pluto Press, London.

The presents of two distinct group capable of providing the basis for a new government, if the Provisional Government collapse meant that its replacement would be aligned with only one of the two constituencies, not both as the Provisional Government had attempted. As such the Bolsheviks had the opportunity to seize power.

It would be absurd to state categorically that the upper classes and the working classes were homogenous groups. They were not. The situation however between the two groups was however severely divided and as such the differences within the groups were, temporarily at least, unimportant.

In order to effectively convey this point I will use the tool of hypothetical analysis to establish the key role that Lenin did play in the October Revolution. While I agree that this is not a widely accepted form of historical analysis, it is however a plausible method of examining the importance of key individuals in a historic event by asking would the same outcome have occurred had they not been present.

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