introduction
The "Quotations of Zhang Zi" mentions that "in order to continue to learn from the saints, to open up peace for all the worlds." "Since ancient times, learned and far-sighted wise people have adhered to this belief and continued to grope forward on the road of reform and innovation. The emergence of Lenin is undoubtedly a huge change for the whole world.
Lenin not only succeeded in rationally applying advanced Marxist theory to practice, but also illuminated the direction of the progress of the entire world civilization. However, the collapse of the Soviet Union made people not only begin to doubt the rationality of the existence of socialism, but also completely negated the Soviet era, denied Lenin, and even demanded that Lenin's body be removed from Red Square.
Portrait of Lenin
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As we all know, after the Industrial Revolution, the countries of Western Europe have made a qualitative leap in national strength as a whole, and they have also embarked on the road of capitalist development. At that time, Tsarist Russia was still in a feudal serf society, and the people still lived a miserable life without food, but not only that, but the struggle between the great powers brought more serious disasters to the people.
▲ Painting of the scene of the "Crimean War"
After the defeat of the Crimean War, various contradictions broke out in Russia, the tsar's prestige was no longer what it used to be, and the people were increasingly dissatisfied with it. So, people with lofty ideals took advantage of the situation and provoked a struggle against the feudal rule of the Tsar, of which Lenin was one of them. Mencius said, "The heavens will descend upon the Scythians, and they will first suffer their hearts and minds, and work their bones and bones." "Lenin has struggled continuously throughout his life, and the tribulations and tests he has endured are also very human tolerable.
Lenin gave a speech to the people to paint scenes
In 1895, Lenin led the workers to a failed revolt and was exiled to Siberia, while in 1905, the Russian Empire was defeated in the Russo-Japanese War, and Lenin also ended the exile and returned to the country to lead the revolution. Helplessly, the feudal forces were like "worms with hundreds of legs, dead but not stiff", and the revolution soon suffered defeat again, and Lenin embarked on a road of exile that lasted for more than ten years.
Later Lenin continued his activities in Western Europe and continued to draw lessons from the defeat of the Russian Revolution. In 1914, the Tsar tried to use the war to divert internal contradictions and draw Russia into the First World War, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the people at home, and the fire of revolution was about to erupt.
▲Recent photo of the statue of Lenin
Then the "February Revolution" broke out and the Russian Empire collapsed. But there have always been contradictions in Russia, and the Provisional Government established by the bourgeoisie and the Soviet Government represented by the workers, peasants, and soldiers are still in constant struggle. At this time Lenin returned to Russia again, leading the revolutionary movement and stressing that the nature of the Russian revolution could only be that of a proletarian socialist revolution.
▲ Lenin led the Painting of scenes of the October Revolution
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In 1917, as the struggle between the two great forces intensified, the famous "October Revolution" broke out, and finally the revolutionaries succeeded in overthrowing the bourgeois Provisional Government in Russia and successfully establishing the world's first socialist state. The nascent Soviet regime, on the other hand, was undoubtedly a thorn in the side of the Western powers, which were not only very hostile to it, but also tried by all means to contain Russia's further development.
▲ The last Tsar Nicholas II and his family photo
Faced with the complicated situation at home and abroad, he fully combined the specific national conditions of Russia and quickly adopted a series of measures to effectively promote the recovery and growth of Russia's economy and national strength. On December 30, 1922, many federations such as Soviet Russia and Belarus joined the Union of Socialist Republics, and the Soviet Union also entered the historical stage.
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However, the development path of the Soviet Union was very bumpy, not only the development of the country was difficult, but even Lenin's life and safety were greatly threatened. On January 14, 1918, after Lenin had completed his speech in Petrograd, he rode over a bridge and was suddenly hit by extremely heavy shooting, but fortunately his life was not in danger.
Lenin resting in a crystal coffin
However, the frequent assassinations left Lenin's body with many stubborn diseases, and his health deteriorated. Later, Lenin was extremely weak due to overwork, which caused him to suffer a stroke during the operation of taking bullets, and after the stroke Lenin's right side of his body was paralyzed and his condition continued to deteriorate, so he had to suspend all government activities, and finally lenin, a revolutionary pioneer, died on January 21, 1924, at the age of 53.
▲Lenin's Mausoleum overlooking
As the spiritual teacher of the world communist movement, Lenin's influence was undoubtedly far-reaching and enormous. The soviet people and the supporters of the proletariat throughout the world also expressed their deep remembrance and condolences for the passing away of Comrade Lenin. Therefore, after Lenin's death, in order to show their reverence for him, people placed his body in the crystal coffin of Lenin's tomb in Red Square.
epilogue
Interestingly, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian people began to doubt the greatness and correctness of Lenin's leadership, and its crystal coffin also received many criticisms, and some even proposed to remove Lenin from Lenin's tomb, cremate it and bury it in his hometown. Fortunately, Putin took a tough attitude, pushed out public opinion and publicly stated that without lenin's Soviet union, there would be no Russia today, so Lenin's merits cannot be denied.
Resources:
Quotations of Zhang Zi, Mencius, Chronicles of Nations: Russia