World War I, had been a turbulent time for Russia and it was also an appropriate time for Lenin to return. Lenin had obtained money from the Germans who hoped that he would undermine the Russian war efforts. Lenin was warmly welcomed home and supported by other radical thinkers he led the Bolsheviks in the bloody violent Red October Revolution. Lenin, much to his surprise, effectively ended the Russian Empire relatively easily and assured the Soviet state would soon become a global superpower. Commoners loved him, he had won their full support and devotion with his speeches calling for a change. In almost three years of civil war, the Bolsheviks assumed total control of the country. Lenin acted as the head of this new socialistic regime and
