Biography
Lenin returned from exile in 1917. The Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd, pulled Russia out of the world war, and won a civil war. The state he built became the model for later communist revolutions.
Europe · 1900–1950
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Primary revolution
Vladimir Lenin
Russian Revolution
Bolshevik leader of the October Revolution and founder of the Soviet state.
Life
1870–1924
1870–1924
Place
Petrograd, Russia
Petrograd, Russia
Years
1917–1922
1917–1922
Map
59.9311, 30.3609
59.9311, 30.3609
Revolution
Theme. Socialism · Soviet power
Key figures. Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin
Outcome. Fall of the Romanov monarchy and creation of the Soviet Union.
Casualties. Civil war, terror, and famine killed millions after 1917.
Influence. The central reference of communist revolution in the twentieth century.