Early Childhood: Vladimir Lenin, a communist politician, pol

Childhood

Early Childhood: Vladimir Lenin, a communist politician, political scientist, and a journalist. Vladimir Lenin was born in Simbirsk on 22, April 1870. His father, Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov was a civil servant working as a Government inspector of schools in service of the Tsar. Lenin was th fourth of nine children, he had a comfortable childhood. His mother, Maria was the daughter of a wealthy German doctor. Lenin was born in vast country, stretching from the Baltic sea in the West to the Pacific sea in the East. Lenin's Father rose in Government sevent eventually becoming a State Senator Lenin and his brother were expected to follow the same career path as their Father once they finished their education. In Lenin's youth the Tsar was Alexander the II. On March 13, 1881 , a radical revolutionary's bomb had killed the liberal monarch. After the assassination Alexander the Third had taken over. Lenin was Ten years old when Alexander II was killed in Saint Petersburg.

Alexander's execution:

Later childhood and Early adulthood.

Lenin's Brother, Alexander didn't plead innocence or beg for mercy, which could have possibly reduced his sentence from death to exile. He was convicted and hanged on March 20, 1887.After the arrest and execution of Lenin's brother, Alexander Lenin had devoted his life to discovering all he could about his executed Brother's political convictions. He enrolled as a student at the Kazan University, he was later expelled for Anti-Tsarist activity and being in student protests in December of 1887. Over the next five years, while his Mother lived in Kokushkino, Lenin worked toward a career as a lawyer, eventually receiving a degree as an "external Student" from Saint Peters burg in November 1881.

As Vladimir Lenin grew older his talent and devotion to his studies seemed to point him in the direction of a University education. Unfortunately, two events changed his life drastically. The first was the death of his Father, he died of a heart attack in 1886. The second was when Lenin's brother, Alexander was arrested in Saint Peters burg and was accused of trying to assassinate Alexander the third with a bomb in a medical encyclopedia.

The Bolshevik Revolution:

The Bolshevik Revolution was orchestrated by Vladimir Lenin on 25 October 1917. The Bolshevik revolution or the October revolution was about overthrowing The Russian Provisional Government and capturing the Winter Palace in Petrograd which was the former capital of Russia. Vladimir Lenin started an assault on 9:45 PM on the Winter Palace. The assault on the Petrograd Winter Palace was launched by a single blank shot fired by a gun on the Aurora, a cruiser ship.

Moving to Saint Peters burg:

During this time Lenin immersed himself in revolutionary literature, starting with Nikolay Chernyshevsky's political novel "What is to be done". Then he started to read Karl Marx's work. Lenin now declared himself a Marxist. He graduated High School at the top at the class with high Marx and was the first to graduate. Lenin started to focus on Revolutionary politics then left to live in Saint Peters burg.

Lenin's interest in Marxism.

The February Revolution:

When he came to Saint Petersurg he conversed with like minded Marxists and began taking an active role in Marxist activities. Later in 1895 Lenin and other Marxists were arrested and sent to Siberia for three years. After being released from Siberia in 1900, he moved to Europe. Jumping from country to country frequently. He then published an article in Iskra, a newspaper of Russian Marxism. Lenin had developed a Marxist movement in Russia in the end of the nineteenth

The Birth Of The Soviet Union :

The February Revolution took place in 1917, it came out of the blue. No one expected a revolution on that day. Women workers had entered the streets and were protesting working conditions and hunger.

In 1922 the Russian Socialist Federate Soviet Republic was established, Vladimir Lenin as the chairman. The Russian civil war started after Russian Socialist Federate Soviet Republic was established. The Russian Civil war was a war between the Bolshevik Red Army and the Russian Empire White Army. The Bolsheviks (The Red Army) were victorious which paved the path for the birth of The Soviet Union (USSR) in 1922.