Lenin's Impact on Russia Vladimere Lenin was a very critical character in Russian history. He might have freed the Russian civilization from Tsarist rule. The question that you must contemplate most is, did he really make Russia better at all? I would say no. Lenin promised his people "peace, land, bread" along with many other atrocious false promises. He took them out of world war one, but at what expense? For the people's freedom from …showed first 75 words of 443 total…

…showed last 75 words of 443 total…NEP was working well in Russia he neglected to consider that it might be a good idea to keep some small private businesses. Given the opportunity to better the country he passed it up to fulfill hid own personal needs- he wanted to have total control over Russia. Given the facts I have stated: lying, manipulating, and un-needed slaughtering and greediness has given more than enough evidence that Lenin was a downfall in Russian evolution.