Aim

The purpose of this report is to give a perspective over the historical condition in which the first socialist state came into being, and the key-role played by Lenin in those events.







Introduction

This report will cover:
The historical framework within which Lenin was born, and the events that marked his personality
Biographical data
Lenin´s activity in the political field
The importance of the role played on the historical stage
Images related to the topic
Bibliography









V.I. LENIN



Driven by ideological zeal, Lenin reshaped Russia and made communism into a potent global force. He was a genius leader of international proletariat and a faithful adept of Marx and Engels. Lenin developed and applied Marxist ideology in a creative manner in the Imperialist Era, fostering the transition from capitalism to socialism.
He founded the Communist Party, which led the proletariat to the Great Socialist Revolution in October 1917, thus creating the first socialist state in history.

Lenin was born on the 22nd of April 1870 at Simbirsk (nowadays Ulianovsk). His father, Ilia Nicolaevici Ulianov, was an elementary school inspector in that area. Lenin distinguished himself in Latin and Greek during the high school, from which he graduated in 1887. This year particularly marked his youth and radicalized him, because his elder brother Alexander was executed for conspiring to help assassinate Tsar Alexander III.
He tried to attend the Law School in Kazan, but was expelled for taking part in a student rebellion and exiled to Kokuskino, Siberia. Returned to Kazan in the fall of 1888, he began to intensively study the work of Marx and Engels, particularly “The Capital”.
Between 1889 and 1893, Lenin lived in the city of Samara. In 1891 he graduated “Magna cum Laude” from the Law School in St. Petersburg. In St. Petersburg he organized the first group of Marxist followers, mainly from the working class, and was acknowled