Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 2

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death influenced his tactics and thoughts about revolution throughout his lifetime.
Lenin was admitted to the University of Kazan but did not stay long. He was expelled for having his name on a petition of grievances. The school authorities looked up his background, and the connection with his brother was made, he was kicked out of school because of it. Not only did they expel him he was exiled from the city too. His mother tried desperately to get him back into school with no avail. (Wolfenstein, pg 104) During this time Lenin continued to study law and political science. In the summer of 1890, three years after his exile he was allowed to take the bar examination. He passed with the highest possible grade. (Wolfenstein, pg106) At this point in time it is unclear why Lenin entered into law at all. He did work on small cases for a short period of time but what he spent most of his time trying to do was find a sure method of revolutionary success. He needed assurance that ...

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Capitalist country. He also attended the Social Democratic gatherings and became involved in teaching workers. He was able to study the workers as well as educate them. As Lenin became more and more involved in revolutionary activities, he became a threat to the state and the Tsar. He was arrested repeatedly and exiled to different places. He used his time effectively in prison and could even escape some of the pressure of the outside world. He could study and write more in prison because he was limited in the organizational process of the movement towards revolution.
Lenin had cleared his doubts about whether or not Marxism would be the sufficient tool for revolution, ...

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