Vladimir Lenin

Who was he?

• Russian Communist Revolutionary
• Politician
• Political Theorist

What importance did he have?

• He led the Bolshevik Revolution
• First leader of the U.S.S.R.

How were his goals accomplished?

• Trotsky and Lenin overthrew the government during the October Revolution
• The government he overthrew had been in place since Tsar Nicolas II was removed

When did these events take place?

• Lenin was born April 22nd, 1870
• in power from 1917 to 1924
• died January 21st 1924

Where did all of this happen?

• Lenin was born in Simbirsk, Russia
• The October Revolution was in Petrograd, Russia