Lenin, born as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, was born on April 10, 1870 in the Volga town of Simbirsk. ... These events began Vladimir's antigovernment activities at the University of Kazan. ... Eventually, Vladimir settled in St. ... In addition, Vladimir completed and published another major work, What Is to Be Done? ... Shortly afterwards, Karl Kautsky who served as the literary executor of the works of Marx and Engels boldly attacked Lenin and his plans for Russian revolution as non-Marxist and anti Marxist stating that a true Marxist revolution would be democratic. ...

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In October, the Provisional Government was itself overthrown by socialist radicals under Vladimir I. Lenin. Lenin was a Marxist revolutionary with the desire to create a socialist Russia. ... Under Lenin, the Bolshevik revolution was an attempt to change the government of Russia to that of Marxism, or communism. ... But they did not immediately embark upon wholesale nationalization of industry: the first nationalization decrees concerned only individual large concerns like the Putilov Works that were already closely involved with the state through defense production and government contracts."...

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