Describing Lenin

Describing Lenin " A cruel tyrant, bloodthirsty and ruthless in his determination to

seize and hold on to power"

" He devoted his whole life to the interests of working people and to

the building of a better society." Which of these two descriptions of

Lenin do you think is closes to the truth.

After several uprisings, demonstrations and a coup attempt, finally by

mid October 1917 the Bolshevik movement gained pace and the Bolshevik

revolution began between 25-27 October,as a result; the Provisinal

government ministers were arrested and the 2nd Congress of the Soviets

was announced. Lenin, appointed chairman. Later in December, Cheka;

the all Russian Comission against counter-revolution was established.

As the 'dictatorship of the prolatariat' began, so did a new era with

Lenin, which only lasted for few years.

Although it would not be fair calling Lenin a tyrant and a

bloodthirsty man, he and other Bolsheviks have made some mistakes too,

this suggestion can therefore be supported with some evidence, though

only to some extent. Firstly, from this point of view, it could be

firstly said that the execution of Lenin's elder brother, Alexendar,

in 1887 had been a turning point in his life and with his involvement

in an attempt to assasinate the Tsar. This event later on, marked him

as a radical in the authorities view. Many years later from this

event, the April Theses of 3 April 1917, where Lenin called for 'all

powers to the soviets', could also be put forward as an evidence to

this view; saying that this Theses showed Lenin wished to ...

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devoted to his cause and most importantly an internationalist. The

fact that he even worked for revolution while he was in exile shows

that his real aim was not to be in power but to lead the world to a

socialist path, which he believed was best. As Trotsky had said: " if

the peasants had not read Lenin, Lenin had clearly read the thoughts

of the peasants". He said this refering to his commrade's " Bread,

Peace, Land" slogan , suggesting they promised something for almost

everyone who had been suffering.

To conclude, Lenin had an aim; creating a better society, not causing

the death of over 55,000 people, but even if he knew he would be

called a tyrant or a ruthless, bloodthirsty man, this would not have

effected the way he has acted to reach his aim of creating a better

society for the working people.