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Lenin's role in the Russian re

Lenin's revolutionary ideas, tactics and policies allowed him to split the party on the issue of membership. His vision was that the party should be exclusive, comprised only of a small amount of professional revolutionaries. Lenin's faction became known as the Bolsheviks and those who opposed, the Mensheviks, believed the part should be a mass organisation, which all workers could join.
             "There is evidence that the Social democrats who placed themselves in Lenin's camp did so not .
             because they preferred his way of the party statute but because they wanted to declare themselves for Lenin's nerve."(1) .
             Lenin's Bolshevik party attracted the support from professional revolutionaries from the provinces. They appeared more comfortable with Lenin's unpretentious bearings and ordinary appearance than that of the Mensheviks and the Marxist intelligentsia in St Petersburg and Moscow who were drawn to them. .
             "Lenin looked like a peasant from Volga"(2) .
             "Lenin was one of them. He was a Russian from the Volga region, the heart of Russia his speeches were powerful but without a hint of polish or elegance. He was confident but never haughty, refined or pretentious." (3).
             These quotes further the notion that Lenin's personality, conviction and status in society were main reasons why so many were drawn to him. This success in gaining support meant that even early on his policies were able to take shape meaning that one day he would be a powerful figure in the revolution. Lenin was seen as the undisputed leader of his party. Many defined Bolshevism as a personal pledge to Lenin where Menshivism to a lesser extent by those who opposed him. This once again supports the theory that Lenin was the driver of the revolution and without him the revolution may have occurred but not gained the support or power needed. A man named Valentinov on arrival in Genova in 1904 was "shocked by the atmosphere of worship of Lenin which people calling themselves Bolshevik's had created"(4) .


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