Vladimir Lenin
- Agreed to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- Estabished leadership under Council of People's Comissars
- Established leaders were Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin- Propaganda
- Redistributed the land
- Nationalized all banks
- Private accounts were confiscated
- Foreign trade became state monopoly
- All oppositions groups were illegal (including the Mensheviks)
- Formed a counter-revolutionary committee
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Vladimir Lenin played as a major leader for the Bolsheviks. After his return of exile, he agreed to the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. When he came into power, he also nationalized Russia in many ways believing it would benefit Russia.
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"Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever." -Vladimir Lenin
"The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency." -Vladimir Lenin |
Question?
What if Lenin was never apart of the Bolsheviks, would have been Russia be different?