Vladimir Lenin and His Rise to Power
... Russia would not have existed by 1920 were it not for Vladimir Ilich Lenin, the only man capable of saving the failing nation. ... Change was presented in the form of Vladimir Lenin, a committed, persuasive visionary with a grand plan. Lenin became hardened in hisquest at an early age when his older brother Aleksandr, a revolutionary, was executed in 1887 for plotting to kill then-Czar Alexander III. ... Unlike other parties of his time, Lenin limited membership to a small number of full-time revolutionaries (Haney 41). ... From 1897 to 1917, he traveled all over Europe writing propaganda, organizing strikes, and encouraging revolution among the working class, especially in Russia (Lenin, V. ... Lenin knew what he wanted, knew how to get it, and was willing to wait. During World War I, the time was right and Lenin was the man. ... After that, Alexander Kerensky seized power. In November, Lenin and his Bolsheviks, with help from armed citizens, stopped the revolving door. ... Lenin took over the government and signed a treaty with Germany to take Russia out of the war. ... This help from outside Russia actually helped Lenin, as it drove public sentiment against the Whites. ... Somehow, though, Lenin and his good friend Leon Trotsky organized these troops into the Red Army and won the war (Liversidge 59). It was now Lenin’s country. Once he was fully in power, Lenin set up a true Communist government.