It is true that Lenin was a German spy ?

Question

I read yesterday in a neo-natzy manifest launch on a Budapest street.

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Answer 1

He was Russian, but he was well known to German authorities as a communist. He was living in Germany when WWI broke out. The Germans sent him in a sealed railway carriage to Russia to start the Russian Revolution. The Germans believed that with Russia no longer in the war, their battles against the allies would be made easier.

Boy, were they wrong!

Answer 2

Lenin was not a Russian spy. The rationale is as follows:

a) Before the revolution he had no office, so he could not be a spy

b) After the revolution , he was a de facto head of state. No point in being a spy.

The accusations probably stem from the following facts:

1) Lenin was at least partially financed by German funds when he was in Vienna in exile.
2) The German government also helped him topple Kerensky in return for signing a speedy peace agreement.

Analysis:

Over all the peace agreement was made after the Russians lost the battle of Tannenberg. In general it could be said that the treaty favored more Russia relative to Germany. Considering Russian military setbacks and that there was no significant land loss by Russia, we could said that both the Germans and Lenin ( with the communist party) all served their own interests. Germany was also hard pressed to end the two front war as the Americans started to tip the balance in favor of the allies in the west. With the peace in the eastern front, Germany made one last major offensive in 1918, that failed and then requested armistice terms.

Answer 3

I saw bits and pieces of a show just last week on this. But I didn't see the end. It was either on the E True Hollywood Story, TLC, or Discover Channel. You can check Biography.com and see if they mention anything about it.

Answer 4

the kiaser smuggled him into russia to start his revolution to get russia out of wwi.

germany was fighting a 2 front war at that point.

what realy brought the usa into wwi was a letter from the german government to the mexican government trying to broker a deal for mexico to get into the war. if mexico had gotten in and the germans had won much of the southwest would have reverted to mexico.

Answer 5

He was certainly a German agent in that they used him for their own ends.
He also had difficulty pronouncing the letter R. So he was calling for "Wuthless tewwow against enemies of the pwoletawiat!" LOL

Answer 6

Lenin wasnt a spy.You shouldnt read what some fat,drunk ,ignorant,pissed off, hate mongrel has to say about history

Answer 7

Absolutely NOT.