Achievements of Lenin to 1924. Flashcards
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What were some arguements for Lenins significnace
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- He was a good speaker who could charm his audience
- He had excellent leadership Qualities
- Without him no bolshevik revolution in 1917
- He was the sole reason the bolsheviks stayed in power after 1917 and could adapt to changing circumstances
- He was purposeful
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Arguments against Lenins
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- He seized power with a small group of people which classifies as a dictatorship
- He wouldn’t share power and even closed the consistuent assmebly after the socialist revolutionaries won making the civl war more bloody
- He was ruthless in methods to stay in power
- He allowed millions of Russians to suffer for his idea of communism
- He stopped others from expressing their opinions