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__Vladimir Lenin__
Vladimir Lenin was born on April 10, 1870 in Simbrisk, now called Ulyanovsk, located on the Volga River in Russia. He is a political leader and the founder of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR and started the first government. Later, his name was changed from Vladimir Ulyanov to Vladimir Lenin to confuse the police, because his favorite brother, Alexander, attempted to assassinate the Czar and the Ulyanov family was stained. “Lenin reshaped Russia and made communism into a potent global force.” Up until the age of 17, Lenin lived in Russia, but then moved over to Europe and stayed in Switzerland. At the time Russia and Germany were in a war and Lenin was a Russian stuck in Switzerland. When Tsar Nicholas II gave up the throne, Lenin wanted to move back to Russia. The Germans agreed to let Lenin go back to Russia through Germany, but they were afraid that he might beat up German workers, so they took extra precautions. So, on the trip back to Russia Lenin was held in a single train car, and on April 16, 1917 he arrived back in Russia. People welcomed Lenin back home like a hero and he soon took the throne. While back in Russia, Lenin only wanted to end the war with Germany by any means necessary. He wanted the Bolsheviks to stay in power in Russia. The Bolsheviks are a part of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. So, Russia settled with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. With this treaty in action, Russia was forced to give up Poland, Ukraine, Bessarabia, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Livonia. This was bad for Russia, but it allowed the Russian government to continue ruling the way they want to. Lenin soon moved the capital from Petrograd all the way to Moscow. He wanted Russia to be further isolated from Germany so another war would not spark again. Lenin created a philosophy called Leninism. Leninism is the basis for Communism and it established the ideology of Soviet socialism. Lenin continued to be a great leader and Russia continued to thrive under his rule. In his last few years, Lenin suffered three strokes and his health soon after declined. In December 1922, Lenin suffered his second stroke, and the Bolshevik government made the USSR. In January, 1923, Lenin was afraid of Stalin taking power, calling him “rude” and said he needed to adjust his qualities for leadership. Lenin’s thoughts were only to remove Stalin, but in March, 1923, Lenin suffered his third stroke and lost his speech. With his health in a detrimental state, he was not able to appoint a new secretary. Lenin, on January 21, 1924, died of a brain blood loss, and Stalin took over in 1929 as Russia’s new dictator. The Soviet Communist leader, Vladimir Lenin, lays at rest in Red Square, making it one of Russia most famous sites to visit and an honorable monument. Vladimir Lenin represents Old Major on __Animal Farm__, because Old Major was the one that had the idea and dream that the animals would once be free and not enslaved by humans. Lenin also wanted to set up a government to rule Russia and he wanted his people to be free from tyranny after years of harsh rule from the German government.


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