| − | The '''October Revolution''', led by Bolshevik leader [[Vladimir Lenin]], took place in [[Russia]] in 1917. Lenin returned from exile when the tsarist (czarist) rule ended and led the Bolsheviks into power. Lenin then led the [[Soviet Union]] under a system of Marxism-Leninism until his death in 1924. | + | The '''October Revolution''', led by [[Bolshevik]] leader [[Vladimir Lenin]], took place in [[Russia]] in 1917. Lenin returned from exile when the [[czar|tsarist]] (czarist) rule ended and led the Bolsheviks into power. Lenin then led the [[Soviet Union]] under a system of [[Marxism]]-Leninism until his death in 1924. |