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He is the founder and the guiding spirit of the Soviet Republics - a communist philosopher, ardent disciple of Karl Marx, leader of the Bolshevik Party and the mastermind of the 1917 October Revolution. Some consider him a prophet, others a tyrant; there are those who call him a saint, many more – a devil. What is certain is that Lenin played an enormous role in the history of the 20th century. He reshaped Russia and had millions of people bent to his will. Lenin applied communist ideas to real
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was the overthrow of the Russian government, which took place in the fall of 1917. The Bolsheviks were an extremist faction within the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party who seized control of the government and ushered in the Soviet age. The Bolshevik Revolution is also known as the October Revolution because, according to the old Russian calendar, the government overthrow happened on October 25.
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This was when Russia had its own war just 8 months after Lenin and Strotsky and Stalin tried to come into power
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Red Guards took over bridges and the telephone exchange.
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Red Guards took over banks, government buildings, and the railway stations.
The cruiser Aurora shelled the Winter Palace.
That night (9.40 pm) the Red Guards took the Winter Palace and arrested the Provisional Government leaders. -
This was in the last war they wanted to have.
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The Government realised that they can no longer have complete control. So the Government established the Soviet Union.
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Trotsky tried to take contol but ened up loosing giving Stalin the power.
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He died suddenly at 6:50 p.m. on Jan. 21, 1924, a few months before his 54th birthday. The cause of death: a massive stroke.
Some people believe that he was poisoned, murder, etc.
