was the major leader of the Bolsheviks was Vladimir Ilyoch Ulyanov, and he adopted the name of Lenin Had an engaging personality, an excellent organizer, and ruthless (this helped him gain control of the Bolsheviks)Fled to Western Europe to avoid arrest by the czarist s regime, but remained in contact and came back to Russia when it was safe Germany brought Lenin safely back to Russia in April 1917 because they believed him and his followers would stir unrest and hurt Russian war efforts against s Germany He and his followers took. Over soviets and he had the slogan "peace, land, and bread" which gained widespread appealHis Bolshevik Red guard( factory workes) took over government officials and arrested the leaders of the provisional government with the government leaders disappearing After his takeover, he ordered all farmland be distributed among peasants and gave control of factories to the workersSigned a truce (treaty of Brest-Litovsk) with GErmany to stop all fighting and surrendered a large part of its territory to Germany and its allies This caused anger among the citizens and the people began to object the Bolsheviks and their policies Under his reign, the white army attacked Hutu were defeated In 1921, Lenin he put aside state controlled economy and resorted to small scale version of capitalism called New Economic Policy were peasants were allowed to sell their surplus crops, let some small factories, business, and farmers operate under private ownership, and the governments also encouraged foreign investmentLending organized Russia into several self governing republics under the central government to keep nationalism in check (making Russia renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR) Created a constitution based on socialist and democratic principle, but the communists party held all the power and he established a dictatorship of the Communist partyHe died in 1924 after suffering as stroke 2 years earlier and said that Stalin was dangerous and that he doesn't know how to use the power he has

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