Lenin and the Russian revolution.
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The Bolsheviks started off, in 1903, as the minority of the Social Democratic Party. As all anti-tsarist groups the party was illegal. The party was based upon the beliefs of Karl Marx, a German writer and revolutionary, who believed a revolution could only be started within the workforce of the major cities. Lenin believed strongly in these morals and used them as a guide to his goal of revolution. This essay focuses on how the Bolsheviks gained power and background to Bolshevik Revolution and also the outcomes of the revolution. The Bolsheviks continued to prostest against the current government in Russia and over time the political, social and economic discontent and the famous event know as 'Bloody Sunday', where the imperial guards shot and killed the protesting people of St Petersburg eventually pulled more followers over to the Bolsheviks.
Lenin returned to Russia in 1917. As soon as he arrived he began to organise the Bolshevik opposition towards the provisional government . Even though Lenin was not extremely popular at the time, Lenin's excellent oranisation, and promises of a better life gained him more and more support. Later on Trotsky, a Menshevik, who helped him organise the movement and revolution. Lenin thought his chance had come in July. There was an uprising against the government and the Bolsheviks took advantage of the situation and supported the protesters. In the end though, the uprising was suppressed and many Bolsheviks, including trotsky were imprisoned. Again, Lenin went overseas.
While Lenin was overseas the head of the provisional government tried to win more support by resigning and placing Kerensky as the new prime minister of a new government, mainly made up of menshiviks and social revolutionaries. This satisfied the people at first, but soon the armed forces tried to overthrow Kerensky.
