Vladimir Lenin Presented by: Lorena Menera

Early life  Born April 22,1870 in Simbirsk.  Real name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov.  Became known as Lenin in 1901(Lena river of Siberia)  Lenin had educated parents, and all his family became revolutionists.  Brother, Alexander was hung for being part on plot trying to kill Czar Alexander III.  Vladimir was deeply influenced by his brother Alexander's death in 1887.

School/ University  Vladimir ready at age 5; entered school at age 9.  Vladimir had always been a great student; he stood up for what he believed in.  Applied in Kazan University.  Expelled soon after for protesting against Kazan.  Entered St. Peterson University  1891 received a law degree and joined a law firm in Samara.

Rise to fame  Became leader of the Marxist organization. (Social Democratic labor party)  Traveled to Germany, France, Switzerland; met other Marxist and became more known.  Author of The Development of Capitalism in Russia (1899). (Wrote while in Siberia with his wife)  Changed his name to Lenin in the illegal newspaper in Germany. (To confuse police)

Bolsheviks  Became leader of the Bolshinstvo (Majority)  Didn’t really agree with the Menshinstvo (He thought they weren’t true revolutionist)  Smuggled paper into Russia.  attended congress parties in several different places.  Started the Pravda newspaper (The truth) He was the chief contributor.

Death/Exile  Feared that Russian Nationalism would take over after his death.  Lenin was a bit iffy about Stalin to have control.  1922, Bolshevik made the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.  Lenin suffered from his first stroke May  1923 Lenin had his 2 nd stroke and he couldn’t appoint a new party secretary to replace Stalin.  1924 Lenin died of a brain hemorrhage.  Stalin ruled after his death.

Important Time Periods  Born in Simbirsk  1887-Brother, Alexander was murdered; influenced Vladimir to stand up for what he believes in.  Received his law degree from St. Petersburg University.  Exiled to Siberia for making a revolutionary newspaper.  Returned from exile, went to Germany.  Began using the name Lenin to hide his identity in the Zarya newspaper.

Important Time Periods.  Announced leader of the Bolsheviks.  Became Pravda’s chief contributor.  Lenin returned to Russia from Switzerland, but Russian Government arrested him.  1917-Leon Trotsky was the president of the Petrograd soviet union.  October Bolsheviks attacked, they later controlled the Russian government. “Bread, peace, land”

Important Time Periods  Dec Lenin passed the Cheka, got rid of anybody who got in the Bolsheviks way.  Bolsheviks murdered Czar Nicholas II.  August Shot twice by Kaplan (Part of the Social Revolutionary Party) She was killed.  After wining over Russia, began the New Economic Policy.  Lenin died.

Leon Trotsky  November 1879-Trotsky is born.  Arrested for revolutionary activity.  Arrested again for leadership in St. Petersburg Soviet.  Became the 1 st Soviet commissar of foreign affairs.  Organizer of the Red Army.  People thought that he would take over after Lenin’s death, but Stalin took over.  Trotsky was assassinated in Mexico city.

Stalin >.<  December Stalin was born in Russia.  First confrontation with Lenin.  Became part of the Bolshevik Party Central committee.  Stalin was secretly plotting to gain power after Bolsheviks victory in the Civil war.  Outsmarted Trotsky and became powerful.  Dictator of the Soviet Union.  Died in Moscow from brain hemorrhage.

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