Lenin

A detailed Summary of Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, or Lenin, was born on April 22, 1870, in the sleepy little town of Simbrisk, Russia. Childhood in Simbrisk was serene and pleasant for Lenin, and his father, Ilya Nikolaievich, was highly respected by many of the nobles in this province.

Vladimir took just as much interest in his schoolwork than he did with his extra-curricular activities on the home front. He quickly impressed his teachers with his keen intelligence and his outstanding memory. He mastered his classes so brilliantly, that his father became alarmed and began to wonder if it was harmful for Vladimir to learn everything with such grace and ease. He was on another level from all the other students, and that created a large gap between him and the rest of the class.

Alexander and Anna continued their studies at the U of St. Petersburg, and Alexander won the gold medal for his chemistry experiment on worms. Later, Alexander became involved in politics and he and a group of men formed a terrorist faction. Alexander used his knowledge of chemistry to build several bombs, as the young terrorists planned to assassinate the tsar. Alexander was later arrested for his crimes and went to trial on April 19, 1887 and was hanged with four other cons

Once he was fully in power, Lenin set up a true Communist government. Russia became sixteen republics divided all the way from districts down to soviets representing the workers, soldiers, and peasants in that area. The country would be ruled from the bottom up rather than the usual top down. Lenin wanted a society where the working class was the ruling class; a society where there is one social class, everyone has the same rights, and, eventually, there is no private property. For a short time, peasants were allowed to simply seize their former landlords' land and workers to control factories, but later all industry was nationalized.

To jump-start the economy, Lenin instituted his New Economic Policy, which began to bring the economy back to life by permitting small industries to operate under their own control. It also let farmers keep or sell more of their products while the government retained control of heavy industries such as metalworking. Lenin had earlier gained support with the simple promise "Bread, peace, land," and he had begun to make good. Lenin's goals were becoming reality. All of his planning, dedication, and hard work were finally coming into a much clearer picture.

After his imprisonment and after being exiled for 3 years without trial in northern Siberia, Lenin was released from detention and given considerable freedom. He stayed with his family in Moscow for a few days and then set off to Krasnoyarsk, where he studied all the time in a private library. Two months after his release, on April 16, 1897, a train arrived bringing Martov and other prisoners. Disguised as a luggage attendant, Lenin snuck by the police and met up with his comrades.

At the third Russian Social Democratic congress, attended solely by Lenin and his Bolsheviks, Lenin began preparations for an armed uprising. Lenin stated that using force was the only way to undermine tsarism and to entice the masses to action.

Lenin returned to Russia in 1895 and his polygraph machine and illegal literature went undetected by the authorities because his trunk had a double bottom. He then met a man named Jules Martov, in St. Petersburg. Martov studied at the U of St. Petersburg and was the grandson of an editor and publisher, and was also a Marxist. These two then formed all the workers' study circles into one movement called the League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class. The League was the first body in Russia to relate socialism to the working class movement and also the first body to defend the workers against tsarism.

Lenin grew impatient in his last few months of exile. He had been an exile for the past few years and now he must start planning a very large campaign to win over the proletariat for a revolution. He had written to two other colleagues about his plans and all three men would complete their exile at about the same time. When all three were released, they would form the editor board for the new paper; Lenin was released on January 29, 1900.

8 months after Lenin's arrest, Nadya was also arrested and sentenced to three years banishment at Ufa. She told the authorities that she was Lenin's fiancee and begged them to let her join him. They said yes, but if they were not married immediately after her arrival in Shushenskoye, she would be sent to Ufa. They were married on July 22, 1898, when Lenin was 28 years old. Now Lenin not only had a wife, but a secretary, a housekeeper, and a collaborator.

After being barred from the Kazan University for having the last name of Ulyanov, the name that tried to kill the tsar, Lenin was allowed to take examinations as an external student at the University of St. Petersburg. In just over a year, without help, Lenin progressed through a four-year course and passed his examinations in 1891, and was admitted to the bar at the young age of twenty-one. After attaining such a great t

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