Interview with Lenin :: Russian History

Interview with LeninQuestion What were the historic events that led up to revolution, and why did you become involved in revolution?Lenins upshot To answer this question we have to go way back in 1812, when Napoleon came to Russia. Russian wad stood up and fought against the invader by burn the villages and supplies, thus helping Czar Alexander I. After such sacrifice, people were not rewarded for their devotion to the Czar. In December of 1825 in St. Petersburg, Russia, a ascendent of military officials staged a revolt against Tsar Nicholas I. These rebels were liberals who felt exist by the new rulers conservative views. They were, however, defeated by the tsars forces. As a result of this revolt, Nicholas I employ a variety of new regulations to prevent the spread of the liberal sweat in Russia. My Brother - Alexander, and me, we organized the Union for the Struggle for the Liberation of the functional Class. We have traveled around atomic number 63 and we saw that all Eur ope was changing in the direction of Democracy. Russian Social Democratic troupe in Switzerland came to conclusion that Autocracy and Czars are getting old. New and radical changes were needed. Czar, Alexander III, hanged my older brother,Alexander, for an alleged plot against him. I swore on his fray that I would avenge his death. Revolutions of 1905 and World War I also compete a signifi idlert role on the My revolution in November.Q What is the important target you want to achieve by revolting?A I want to make better place for regular working variety people. I want to give them everything that they have wanted for so some years. I also want to end the war. The government is blind and cant see that people dont understand why they are fighting and losing their fathers, brothers and sons. Q What kind of government will you set up after the revolution? A I want to set up socialism/communism. Central to the meaning of socialism is common ownership. This means the resources of th e globe being owned in common by the entire globose population. I want to build the society w here(predicate) individual dont own anything. People own everything.Q What is the difference between Red multitude and White Army (both of them rob peasants)? A What we are facing here is a small economic precipice.