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Lenin made peace with [[Germany]] and then withdrew Russia from the war.  In March of 1918, Lenin signed the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]], which granted Germany many territories, including what is now Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Estonia, and Latvia.  This was a humiliating defeat, but Russia was simply too weak to fight anymore.

Lenin made peace with [[Germany]] and then withdrew Russia from the war.  In March of 1918, Lenin signed the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]], which granted Germany many territories, including what is now Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Estonia, and Latvia.  This was a humiliating defeat, but Russia was simply too weak to fight anymore.

The Russian revolution was essentially a [[Socialist]] revolution. Lenin preferred to call his government a Communist government though the term meant very much the same. In fact Russia became known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. However, Lenin and his colleagues completely discarded the idea of a [[democracy|democratically]] controlled society and instead set up what they called the [[Dictatorship of the Proletariat]] which was in fact nothing more than a dictatorship by the Communist Party, a tiny fraction of the population. It was in fact a dictatorship by technicians an managers formed into an ''[[nomenklatura]]'' or elite,­ the so­-called experts in the Socialist organization.  

The Russian revolution was essentially a [[Socialist]] revolution. Lenin preferred to call his government a Communist government though the term meant very much the same. In fact Russia became known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. However, Lenin and his colleagues completely discarded the idea of a [[democracy|democratically]] controlled society and instead set up what they called the [[Dictatorship of the Proletariat]] which was in fact nothing more than a dictatorship by the Communist Party, a tiny fraction of the population. It was in fact a dictatorship by technicians and managers formed into a ''[[nomenklatura]]'' or elite,­ the so­-called experts in the Socialist organization.  

There was a civil war in Russia from 1918 to 1920 between Lenin's [[Red Army]] and the opposing western [[White Army]].  Ten million people died in the war and five million died in the resulting famine.  The Red Army won.

There was a civil war in Russia from 1918 to 1920 between Lenin's [[Red Army]] and the opposing western [[White Army]].  Ten million people died in the war and five million died in the resulting famine.  The Red Army won.