1. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

3. About the man, the myth, the legend…
Born on the 22nd April 1870
Died on the 21st January 1924
Radicalised after brother was executed by Alexander the Third in May 1886
He was born into a family of Serfs
Studied Law at St Petersburg Imperial University
1889: Lenin fully embraced Marxism
About the man, the myth, the legend…

4. The Revolutionary Pain in the...
Joined the Social Democrats in 1893
Arrested for the distribution of illegal revolutionary publications
Lenin Identified the rise of the Proletariat and recognised the potential for the Tsar to be violently deposed
Sentenced to exile in Siberia
Wrote a number of texts in exile including: The Development of Capitalism in Russia
The Revolutionary Pain in the...

6. The Winter of Our Discontent...
In 1905 Lenin urged the Bolsheviks to rise in bloody revolution during the civil unrest
In order to gain funds, Lenin authorised robbery of banks, post offices etc.
1917 strikes in St Petersburg developed into a nationwide revolution
Lenin urged the Bolsheviks to reject the provisional government
Supporters of provisional government labelled as traitors
The Winter of Our Discontent...

7. The Beginning of Stability...
After defending the Petrograd Soviet from a coup, Lenin suggested an armed insurrection to topple the government was needed
This lead to the creation of the Military Revolutionary Committee, the council in charge of the large militia
October 1917: Bolsheviks take control of the Winter Palace, therefore effectively being in control of Russia
The Beginning of Stability...

8. 1918 the Communist party is the De Facto leaders of Russia
The communist party was the majority party in the Svonarkom
By 1919 all other parties had been expelled, creating a one party state
The Svonarkom relocated to Moscow because of the threats of German attack
Lenin’s Government

9. Introduction of decree on land where land was taken form the church and the aristocracy and redistributed to the peasants
1917- abolishment of the justice system, two tier system introduced: People’s courts and revolutionary tribunals
Reduced working hours to 8 hours per day
Lenin’s Policy

10. The Preservation of the New Order
Lenin had a Kulaks’ (rich peasants) insurrection put down by hanging 100 dissidents
Lenin ordered a political police force to be formed: Cheka
Red terror, a system of oppression by the Cheka was introduced
The Cheka are thought to have executed up to 50,000 people who were considered a threat to the stability of a nation
Introduction of Cheka Concentration Camps
The Preservation of the New Order

11. Lenin ordered Trotsky to create a People and Worker’s Red Army
Red Army wiped out the former Tsar and his family in order for them not to be liberated by the white army
Lenin had sanctioned the executions of those who were against him in the civil war
Civil War

12. More Reform Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy
Centralised Economy principles were established under new policy
Removal of all assets by religious organisation
More Reform

13. The Death of a Hero: 21st January 1924