Who was Lenin? What was ‘April Theses’? OR What was the contribution of Lenin in the Russian Revolution?

Who was Lenin? What was ‘April Theses’?  OR 

What was the contribution of Lenin in the Russian Revolution?

Ans.

(i) Lenin was one of the most important leader of the Bolshevik party. It was he who led the Russian Revolution of 1917.

(ii) After returning from his exile, he declared that the war be brought to a close, land be transferred to the peasants, and banks be nationalized.

(iii) These three demands were Lenin’s ‘April Theses’. He also argued that the Bolshevik Party renamed itself the Communist Party to indicate its new radical aims.