In April 1917, a month after the Romanov Dynasty in Russia effectively ended with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, Vladimir Ilich Lenin returned to Russia from exile with a formidable revolutionary mentality. The Tsar’s abdication prompted a period of dual power between select members of the defunct fourth Duma, now termed the Provisional Government, and the newly formed Petrograd Soviet. This arrangement offered a sense of political stability, a stability that was detrimental to Lenin’s quest for permanent revolution. Thus, Lenin’s return had a clear purpose; to cease the political cooperation between the two governing bodies, which would in turn enable him to instigate the implementation of socialism in Russia. This movement was inaugurated by his speech at Finland Station and more significantly cemented in his infamous “April Theses” that was originally published in the Bolshevik’s newspaper, Pravda on April 7th 1917. The Theses was, in simple terms, a collection......

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Title: Vladimir Lenin - Revolutionary Momentum
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