The Man Himself
Vladimir Lenin is considered one of the most controversial, yet influential political figures of the 20th century. Some praise his ideology and actions while other call him a tyrant. But before we get to all that, let’s start with a little background information. Vladimir was born April 10th, 1870 (which is actually by a European style calendar, today his date would fall on April 22nd. Just some interesting trivia) but not with the last name of Lenin. His actual name is Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov and he was born in the Russian town of Simbirsk, which was actually renamed later to Ulyanovsk after him. The name Lenin was later adopted while doing undercover work for his party. He was born to a wealthy middle class family, the third …show more content…
Lenin earned his law degree in 1892, moved to Samara, then moved to St. Petersburg and was then arrested in December of 1895 for, you guessed it, more revolutionary activity. After that he earned himself a short little exile to the coldest circle of hell, aka Siberia for 3 years. He then returned to Munich where he cofounded a newspaper, the “Iskra”. Then to unify both European and Russian Marxist, he returned to St.Petersburg and acquired a leadership role in the revolutionary movement. Then in 1904, Russia began war with Japan and well, they lost quite a bit. These loses caused many citizens to become angry because of how much the war effort strained the national budget. January 9th, 1905, a group of workers in St.Petersburg took their concern directly to Emperor Nicholas the Second in the form of a petition. It didn’t go through, the workers were met by guards and fired upon. This even killed and wounded hundreds and sparked the Russian Revolution of 1905. In order to soothe the people, the emperor issues the October Manifesto which was several political concessions and the creation of an elected legislative body called the Duma. Lenin and fellow Marxist were unhappy still, particularly a group known as the Mensheviks led by one Julius Martov. However Lennin’s idea of government and that of the Menshevik’s differed causing issues between the groups. Lenin and his group officially split from the party into a new entity, the Bolsheviks in
Vladimir Lenin is considered one of the most controversial, yet influential political figures of the 20th century. Some praise his ideology and actions while other call him a tyrant. But before we get to all that, let’s start with a little background information. Vladimir was born April 10th, 1870 (which is actually by a European style calendar, today his date would fall on April 22nd. Just some interesting trivia) but not with the last name of Lenin. His actual name is Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov and he was born in the Russian town of Simbirsk, which was actually renamed later to Ulyanovsk after him. The name Lenin was later adopted while doing undercover work for his party. He was born to a wealthy middle class family, the third …show more content…
Lenin earned his law degree in 1892, moved to Samara, then moved to St. Petersburg and was then arrested in December of 1895 for, you guessed it, more revolutionary activity. After that he earned himself a short little exile to the coldest circle of hell, aka Siberia for 3 years. He then returned to Munich where he cofounded a newspaper, the “Iskra”. Then to unify both European and Russian Marxist, he returned to St.Petersburg and acquired a leadership role in the revolutionary movement. Then in 1904, Russia began war with Japan and well, they lost quite a bit. These loses caused many citizens to become angry because of how much the war effort strained the national budget. January 9th, 1905, a group of workers in St.Petersburg took their concern directly to Emperor Nicholas the Second in the form of a petition. It didn’t go through, the workers were met by guards and fired upon. This even killed and wounded hundreds and sparked the Russian Revolution of 1905. In order to soothe the people, the emperor issues the October Manifesto which was several political concessions and the creation of an elected legislative body called the Duma. Lenin and fellow Marxist were unhappy still, particularly a group known as the Mensheviks led by one Julius Martov. However Lennin’s idea of government and that of the Menshevik’s differed causing issues between the groups. Lenin and his group officially split from the party into a new entity, the Bolsheviks in