Lenin was the founder of the Bolshevik party, which overthrew the Russian provisional government in the October Revolution of 1917, establishing the world's first communist state.
He led the country through the Russian Civil War, ultimately creating a one-party state under the Communist Party.
His rule was marked by significant violence and suppression of dissent, with critics holding him responsible for the deaths of millions through political purges, famine, and the establishment of concentration camps.
He is considered by some to be an amoral monster who displayed a lack of empathy and a lust for violence in pursuit of his political goals.
