2007-03-08 20:44:02 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Lenin was a revolutionary who believed in Marxism whole heartedly and understood the social principles behind it. He applied communism to Russia, proper social communism, where the working classes took over the running of the country and the country's industry to make sure everyone was treated equal, essentially to get rid of the class system. He harnesses the power of the working classes and created a state where everyone worked for each other and not for themselves or a particular person.
Stalin took over Russia and began to run the communist state as a fascist state, where he controlled everything and everyone worked for him. (There is not a great deal between communism and fascist as totalitarian states.) Stalin kept the people poor whilst he grew rich. Whilst many will call Stalin's Russia, communist, it was far from it and very removed from the original ideals of Marxism.
If you want a social overview of what happened read Animal Farm by George Orwell.
In short, Lenin was a Marxist revolutionary, Stalin was an opportunist thug.
2007-03-08 20:55:03 · answer #1 · answered by dossmanuk 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Lenin was just a political person who thinks that the Soviet Union would be better as a communist country. Stalin continued Lenin's work and killed millions of people, but he also industrialized the USSR and turned it into a superpower country. Some say Stalin is the second worst man in the world after Hitler.
2007-03-09 07:08:16 · answer #2 · answered by GPS94 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None both were mad in their own way Stalin being the worse and more dangerous of the two.
And here is the real sick thing from History, from the looks of documents now surfacing Hitlers war on Russia as bad as it was for countless millions probably fore stalled an attack on the west by Stalin which would have ended up in all of Europe being red.
2007-03-10 19:35:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lenin was the founder of the communist revolution. Stalin was around from the beginning and he gained power after Lenin's death, then strengthened his rule and passed many reforms (industrial, military, security).
2007-03-09 04:49:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 4 years..Lenin came first and started the whole thing and Stalin came along after him and murdered 20 million of his own people to keep it going
2007-03-09 06:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lenin was actually an Educated person, Stalin was just a paranoid opportunist that killed millions of his own people.
2007-03-09 04:46:56 · answer #6 · answered by smoothie 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lenin really believed in Communism and it's noble theory of sharing and what not. Stalin was more interested in his own personal gain and used the system to his advantage.
2007-03-09 04:48:41 · answer #7 · answered by Roger89 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Lenin was a Communist
Stalin was a Fascist-Imperialist who called himself a Communist
2007-03-09 17:57:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stalin was a drunk and a sexual pervert who enjoyed subjugating women. Lenin was asexual and grossly bald, while Stalin had a full and luxuriant head of hair. But basically, both were godforsaken murderers. Hoodlums with pretensions. Curse both of these knobgobblers. I hate their guts and livers.
2007-03-09 04:48:09 · answer #9 · answered by randy_beastwood 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes,Ivan..Stalin passed many reforms in his brutal regime that eventually ended with the revolution the ended the former Soviet Union!!,Thank God .Now another murderer sits in the Kremlin...Mr.Putin
2007-03-09 04:54:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋