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In November 1917, Lenin, the leader of the [[Communist Party]], led a [[Proletarian Revolution]] to overthrew the [[Provisional Government]] that had replaced the [[Russian Empire]] (His elder brother was hanged for the attempted assassination of Czar Alexander III).  

In November 1917, Lenin, the leader of the [[Communist Party]], led a [[Proletarian Revolution]] to overthrew the [[Provisional Government]] that had replaced the [[Russian Empire]] (His elder brother was hanged for the attempted assassination of Czar Alexander III).  

Lenin was one of the most devious persons in all of history.  He was a revolutionary, [[atheist]], and mass murderer. In 1889, he became a [[Marxist]] (as previously formulated by [[Karl Marx]]).  He obtained a law degree shortly afterwards, and by 1895 was a [[subversion (political)|subversive]] who was arrested and sent to [[Siberia]] as punishment.  Once he served his time he left for Western [[Europe]], where he developed his plans further and became a leader of the [[Bolsheviks]].  He returned to Russia after the [[tsar]] abdicated in March 1917, and led the Bolsheviks to power in the "[[October Revolution]]" (November in the Gregorian calendar). (In the night of July 16-17, 1918, a squad of Bolshevik secret police murdered Russia's last emperor, Tsar Nicholas II, along with his wife, Tsaritsa Alexandra, their 14-year-old son, Tsarevich Alexis, and their four daughters.)<ref>[http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v14/v14n1p-4_Weber.html Assessing the Grim Legacy of Soviet Communism]</ref> He then ruled the [[Soviet Union]] under Marxism-Leninism, until 1922, when he retired due to ill health.  During that period Lenin presided over the creation of a government which was notable for not only granting women the right to vote 2 years before the United States, but also placing them in the highest levels of government<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/65/wo/womansuf.html]</ref>. He died in 1924.   

Lenin was one of the most devious persons in all of history.  He was a revolutionary, [[atheist]], and mass murderer. In 1889, he became a [[Marxist]] (as previously formulated by [[Karl Marx]]).  He obtained a law degree shortly afterwards, and by 1895 was a [[subversion (political)|subversive]] who was arrested and sent to [[Siberia]] as punishment.  Once he served his time he left for Western [[Europe]], where he developed his plans further and became a leader of the [[Bolsheviks]].  He returned to Russia after the [[tsar]] abdicated in March 1917, and led the Bolsheviks to power in the "[[October Revolution]]" (November in the Gregorian calendar). (In the night of July 16-17, 1918, a squad of Bolshevik secret police murdered Russia's last emperor, Tsar Nicholas II, along with his wife, Tsaritsa Alexandra, their 14-year-old son, Tsarevich Alexis, and their four daughters.)<ref>[http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v14/v14n1p-4_Weber.html Assessing the Grim Legacy of Soviet Communism]</ref> He then ruled the [[Soviet Union]] under Marxism-Leninism, until 1922, when he retired due to ill health.  During that period Lenin presided over the creation of a government which was notable for not only granting women the right to vote 2 years before the United States, but also placing them in the highest levels of government<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/65/wo/womansuf.html]</ref>.  In addition, Lenin's government took a strong stand against anti-Semitism, in a country where prejudice against Jews was rampant <ref>{http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4DD143DF933A15751C0A966958260&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss}</ref>. He died in 1924.   

Lenin used [[concentration camp]]s and "reeducation" to impose the atheistic ideology upon the population.

Lenin used [[concentration camp]]s and "reeducation" to impose the atheistic ideology upon the population.