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VLADIMIR LENIN
Russian Communist President
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LENIN
• Vladimir Lenin was born April 22, 1870
• Birthplace: Simbirsk, Russia
• One of six children
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Poppa• Vladimir’s father• Russian nobleman• Son of a serf who
rose to power as inspector of schools
• Highly educated• Believed that there
should be free public education
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Momma
• Vladimir’s mother• Daughter of land
owning physician• Believed in education
and how it can improve your life
• Supported sons and their revolutionary ideas
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Big Bro• Lenin’s older brother,
Alexander• He influenced a lot of
Vladimir’s beliefs• He was involved in
trying to kill the Czar in 1887 (Alexander III)
• Was hanged for the plot and this affected Vladimir greatly…he wanted to avenge his brother’s death
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LENIN’S BELIEFS
• Renounced religion and the political system his family lived under
• Followed in the revolutionary ideas of his older brother and wanted a better Russia…one without a royal family
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EDUCATION• Was very bright in school, but was alienated by
his peers because of his intelligence• Lenin went to law school at Kazan University• He was expelled due to attending a peaceful
protest• He studied on his own and passed law exam in
1891• He used his education and powers of public
speaking to recruit others to the cause
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MARRIAGE
• Married in 1898• Nadezhda Krupskaya• She was well
educated• Believed in Lenin’s
ideas and wanted a change in the government too
• Joined his Bolsheviks
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Road to Revolution• 1893 as a lawyer,
Lenin created underground movement with 6 groups that researched life in Russia for people and wrote pamphlets
• Created Bolshevik group that wanted a revolution (sudden change) and to get rid of the czar/monarchy
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Brrrrr…It’s Cold in Here!!• Lenin wanted to start
a paper about the revolution, but was arrested
• He spent 15 months in prison in Siberia
• When he was released he went to Switzerland, wrote a paper and rose to power for the Social Democratic Party
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Rise to Power• 1917 = Steelworkers
strike and Romanovs killed so government officials lead country
• With Germany’s help, Lenin came back to Russia preaching “Bread Not War”
• At age 47, Lenin became president of Society of People’s Commissars or the Communist Party
• Vladimir Lenin - The Communist Party - Vladimir Lenin Videos - Biography.com (3:27)
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His Russian Policies• Defeated Germany in
WWI with the allies and took back land
• Redistributed land and made some collective farms (food for everyone)
• Created factories, mines, banks, and utilities for all
• Shutdown the Russian Orthodox Church because the GOVERNMENT = God
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His Death
• May 1922 Lenin suffered strokes
• He tried to remain in power and pick his successor…didn’t happen
• January 21, 1924 Lenin died of a massive stroke
• Fight over who comes into power next:Josef Stalin or Leon TrotskyVladimir Lenin - Death -
Vladimir Lenin Videos - Biography.com (3:59)
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The Truth about Lenin
• The Truth about Lenin and the 1917 Russian Revolution – YouTube (10:56)