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1. Lenin - Life and Works
In October 1917, armed Bolshevik and Soviet revolutionaries
stormed government buildings in Petrograd and overthrew
the democratic provisional government. This revolutionary
movement known as the October Revolution set in place the
foundations for what would become the communist Soviet
Union. Although few outside Petrograd recognized the
takeover at first, the Soviet Union became one of the most
powerful countries in the world, feared by capitalists
everywhere (Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute, 1942). The
Bolshevik party which was responsible for these events was
lead by one man, Vladimir Lenin. Lenin’s brilliant, inspiration,
and powerful political ideas changed the world forever and
his influence is the frequently the subject of study. In fact,
Lenin is considered to have founded a new ideology known as

2. • Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, April 22, 1870, and
raised in a middle class family in rural Russia (Marx-Engels-
Lenin Institute, 1942). His older brother was convicted of
plotting to overthrow the Tsar and hanged. Lenin often
struggled with authority, constantly getting into trouble
(page 104 (Von Laue,1964). He studied to be a lawyer and
was expelled from school, but eventually passed
examinations and practiced law for a short time. During his
study of law he also began to study the writings of Karl
Marx from whose perspective he began to analyze and
understand revolutionary change for the working class (Von
Laue,1964). Lenin was soon arrested for his involvement in
Marxist organizations and exiled to Siberia on the Lena
River. It was here that he assumed his new name and
identity as Lenin, a revolutionary from Siberia (p105 (Von
Laue,1964).

3. Lenin - Life and Works
In October 1917, armed Bolshevik and Soviet revolutionaries
stormed government buildings in Petrograd and overthrew
the democratic provisional government. This revolutionary
movement known as the October Revolution set in place the
foundations for what would become the communist Soviet
Union. Although few outside Petrograd recognized the
takeover at first, the Soviet Union became one of the most
powerful countries in the world, feared by capitalists
everywhere (Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute, 1942). The
Bolshevik party which was responsible for these events was
lead by one man, Vladimir Lenin. Lenin’s brilliant, inspiration,
and powerful political ideas changed the world forever and
his influence is the frequently the subject of study. In fact,
Lenin is considered to have founded a new ideology known as

4. • Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, April 22, 1870, and
raised in a middle class family in rural Russia (Marx-Engels-
Lenin Institute, 1942). His older brother was convicted of
plotting to overthrow the Tsar and hanged. Lenin often
struggled with authority, constantly getting into trouble
(page 104 (Von Laue,1964). He studied to be a lawyer and
was expelled from school, but eventually passed
examinations and practiced **Next law for a short time.
During his study of law he also began to study the writings
of Karl Marx from whose perspective he began to analyze
and understand revolutionary change for the working class
(Von Laue,1964). Lenin was soon arrested for his
involvement in Marxist organizations and exiled to Siberia
on the Lena River. It was here that he assumed his new
name and identity as Lenin, a revolutionary from Siberia
(p105 (Von Laue,1964).

5. Lenin - Life and Works
In October 1917, armed Bolshevik and Soviet revolutionaries
stormed government buildings in Petrograd and overthrew
the democratic provisional government. This revolutionary
movement known as the October Revolution set in place the
foundations for what would become the communist Soviet
Union. Although few outside Petrograd recognized the
takeover at first, the Soviet Union became one of the most
powerful countries in the world, feared by capitalists
everywhere (Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute, 1942). The
Bolshevik party which was responsible for these events was
lead by one man, Vladimir Lenin. Lenin’s brilliant, inspiration,
and powerful political ideas changed the world forever and
his influence is the frequently the subject of study. In fact,
Lenin is considered to have founded a new ideology known as

6. • Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, April 22, 1870, and
raised in a middle class family in rural Russia (Marx-Engels-
Lenin Institute, 1942). His older brother was convicted of
plotting to overthrow the Tsar and hanged. Lenin often
struggled with authority, constantly getting into trouble
(page 104 (Von Laue,1964). He studied to be a lawyer and
was expelled from school, but eventually passed
examinations and practiced law for a short time. During his
study of law he also began to study the writings of Karl
Marx from whose perspective he began to analyze and
understand revolutionary change for the working class (Von
Laue,1964). Lenin was soon arrested for his involvement in
Marxist organizations and exiled to Siberia on the Lena
River. It was here that he assumed his new name and
identity as Lenin, a revolutionary from Siberia (p105 (Von
Laue,1964).

7. Lenin - Life and Works
In October 1917, armed Bolshevik and Soviet revolutionaries
stormed government buildings in Petrograd and overthrew
the democratic provisional government. This revolutionary
movement known as the October Revolution set in place the
foundations for what would become the communist Soviet
Union. Although few outside Petrograd recognized the
takeover at first, the Soviet Union became one of the most
powerful countries in the world, feared by capitalists
everywhere (Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute, 1942). The
Bolshevik party which was responsible for these events was
lead by one man, Vladimir Lenin. Lenin’s brilliant, inspiration,
and powerful political ideas changed the world forever and
his influence is the frequently the subject of study. In fact,
Lenin is considered to have founded a new ideology known as

8. • Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, April 22, 1870, and
raised in a middle class family in rural Russia (Marx-Engels-
Lenin Institute, 1942). His older brother was convicted of
plotting to overthrow the Tsar and hanged. Lenin often
struggled with authority, constantly getting into trouble
(page 104 (Von Laue,1964). He studied to be a lawyer and
was expelled from school, but eventually passed
examinations and practiced law for a short time. During his
study of law he also began to study the writings of Karl
Marx from whose perspective he began to analyze and
understand revolutionary change for the working class (Von
Laue,1964). Lenin was soon arrested for his involvement in
Marxist organizations and exiled to Siberia on the Lena
River. It was here that he assumed his new name and
identity as Lenin, a revolutionary from Siberia (p105 (Von
Laue,1964).

9. Lenin - Life and Works
In October 1917, armed Bolshevik and Soviet revolutionaries
stormed government buildings in Petrograd and overthrew
the democratic provisional government. This revolutionary
movement known as the October Revolution set in place the
foundations for what would become the communist Soviet
Union. Although few outside Petrograd recognized the
takeover at first, the Soviet Union became one of the most
powerful countries in the world, feared by capitalists
everywhere (Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute, 1942). The
Bolshevik party which was responsible for these events was
lead by one man, Vladimir Lenin. Lenin’s brilliant, inspiration,
and powerful political ideas changed the world forever and
his influence is the frequently the subject of study. In fact,
Lenin is considered to have founded a new ideology known as

10. • Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, April 22, 1870, and
raised in a middle class family in rural Russia (Marx-Engels-
Lenin Institute, 1942). His older brother was convicted of
plotting to overthrow the Tsar and hanged. Lenin often
struggled with authority, constantly getting into trouble
(page 104 (Von Laue,1964). He studied to be a lawyer and
was expelled from school, but eventually passed
examinations and practiced law for a short time. During his
study of law he also began to study the writings of Karl
Marx from whose perspective he began to analyze and
understand revolutionary change for the working class (Von
Laue,1964). Lenin was soon arrested for his involvement in
Marxist organizations and exiled to Siberia on the Lena
River. It was here that he assumed his new name and
identity as Lenin, a revolutionary from Siberia (p105 (Von
Laue,1964).