Vladimir Lenin An Economist

By ROBERT KARPINSKi

Background Information

Born in 1870, Into an upper class Russian familyNamed Vladimir Ilyich UylanovThe namesake Lenin is from the river ‘Lena’

Marxism

•Marxism is the basis for Lenin’s political economic theory.• Marxism was theorized by Karl Marx and Fredrick Engel's They Concluded that:• “The world is divided into the exploited and the exploiters”• People exploit each other because of personal property• The exploited will eventually rise up and overthrow the exploiters, replacing capitalism with socialism.

Leninism Leninism, also associates personal property with

exploitation. The revolution must be led by a ‘vanguard

of professional revolutionaries. The vanguards main job destabilizing

the oppressive regime. Lenin’s followers were known as the

Bolsheviks.

Russian Revolution

WW1 drastically destabilized the country, creating a lackof food and a tremendous amount of Russiancasualties.

• 1916, The czar is overthrown, and a moderate interimgovernment replaces the monarchy.

1917, the Bolshevik party comes to power afterviolently overthrowing the interim government.

Aftermath

After coming to power in 1917…. The state took control of all personal property, in

effect ending it.• Socialism & Communism did not end exploitation as

was hoped, instead the state vastly misused itspower and became totalitarian country.

The Fall Of Lenin

1918, Lenin got shot in the neck at a rally:• he slowly withdraws from politics,• has three seizures,• dies in 1923.

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