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Vladimir Lenin Research Paper

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Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin both a political scientist and government official. He lead the Bolshevik Revolution also founded the Russian Communist party. He considered “the most influential and controversial political figures of the 20th century.”-www.biography.com. Vladimir Lynch Ulyanovsk was born on April 22, 1870 in Ulyanovsk, Russia. He was the third of six children, all if his brothers and sisters where very close. Education was the number one priory in his life. Both of his parents made guided him to success. Later on in life things got very hard for Lenin. His father was an inspector for schools, they wanted him to quit his job because the influence he had on the Russian community.
In 1887 Aleksandr (Vladimir’s older brother) was arrested for planning to kill Alexander III. He and three others were planning to throw bombs in his carriage. Alexzander III showed no mercy they were hung, this was depressing moment in Lenin’s life. A year after his brother was executed he was kicked out of Kazan University for protesting against the Tsar, later He studied and got his law license. Sent to his grandfather’s place in the village of …show more content…

Petersburg he learned about the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, who were philosophers. Karl Marx's beliefs were called Marxism. To talk or write about Marxism like it was a good was illegal in Russia, and Lenin was arrested he got sent to prison in Siberia. This punishment was rough because Siberia is known for being very cold and lonely, and almost no one escapes. In July 1898, when he was still in Siberia, Lenin married Nadezhda Krupskaya. In 1899 he wrote a book he called The Development of Capitalism in Russia. In 1900 Lenin was released from prison and went back home back home. He then traveled around Europe. He began to publish a Marxist newspaper called Iskra, in Russia this means “spark" or "lightning". He also became a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, or

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