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Vladimir Lenin Research Paper

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Josh Davies

Ms. Barnaba

Honors World Literature

4 March 2016

Vladimir Lenin: The Communist Revolutionist

Vladimir Lenin impacted Stalin-Era Russia in a negative way through his institution of War Communism, oppression of citizens under his rule, and clearing the way for Joseph Stalin to take power.

Lenin was a brutal person and ruthless leader. What he could not do himself he did with his and most of the time that power was used on the very citizens his communism was supposed to help. According to Theodore and Angela Von Laue in their book Faces of a Nation, Lenin even created a secret police force called the Cheka that aimed to silence those that opposed Lenin’s rule and limiting freedom of speech (Von Laue). Fulfilling on his communist idea of treating the working class better and lowering the rich to their …show more content…

Many people who did not need to die because of Lenin, and people were unable to speak out against their tyrannical government. Through his actions, Lenin proved he would do anything to maintain his power, and he certainly showed that in the manner he led his country; through …show more content…

(possible citation or changes needed here) The effect of this warning failing were disastrous. Between 1934 and 1940, approximately a million people died as a result of Stalin’s rule. (CES at UNC) Stalin also quickly industrialized the nation, resulting in a large lack of food for the populace from 1932 to 1933. (CES at UNC) Stalin also launched the Great Purge, which was a campaign to eliminate political opposition to him in his nation. Like his predecessor, Stalin was a ruthless leader that did horrific things to his citizens. To this day, he is remembered as one of the worst dictators in modern

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