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How Lenin Led The Russian Revolution

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The Revolutionary group pushing for change in Russia were the Bolsheviks. The Bolshevik Party led the Russian Revolution, and under the new name of the Communist Party, would be the sole ruling political party of the Soviet Union. This revolutionary group was directed by Vladimir Lenin. Lenin was brought up in a well-educated family, he excelled at school and continued on to study law. While he was attending a university he was exposed to radical thinking which was influenced by the death of his elder brother; whom was a member of a revolutionary group. Because of his radical policies, Lenin was expelled, however he went on to supplement his law degree as an external student in 1891. Lenin then relocated to St Petersburg and achieved the title
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