Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Primary Sources
Gale Student Resources. "Vladimir Lenin Speaking to a Crowd in Moscow, 1920." Gale. Gale,
Cengage Learning, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2014.
<http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CPC4205129565&v=2.1&u=tall78416&it
=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=6ccc7bd0527aa593eb94c2570b890a31>. This is a photo of
Vladimir Lenin addressing a crowd in Sverdlov Square, Moscow in 1920.
Marxism and Revisionism. www.marxists.org. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.
<https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1908/apr/03.htm>. This is a journal
article written by Lenin citing reasons that Communism was needed in the world and that
it would be "taking firm hold among the working class" until it can't be uprooted.
Prosveshcheniye. www.marxists.com. Web. 28 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/mar/x01.htm>. This is a journal
written by Lenin on his feelings about Marxism and how it could greatly improve the
economy and the lives of regular people if it's beliefs and ideas were implemented into
government.
Stalin, Joseph. "Lenin as the organiser and leader of the Russian Communist Party." 17 Apr.
1920. Marxists Internet Archive. www.marxists.org. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.
<https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1920/04/23.htm>. This text
written by Joseph Stalin about how Lenin was the leader and organizer of the Communist
Party. He also wrote about how Lenin was the perfect leader because he could understand
the lower class of Russia and their needs and about the immense service that Lenin had
offered to Russia.
Secondary Sources
Brainy Quotes. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/v/vladimir_lenin.html>. lenin quotes
Llewellyn, Jennifer Llewellyn. "Vladimir Lenin." Alpha History. Alpha History, n.d. Web. 19
Nov. 2014. <http://alphahistory.com/russianrevolution/vladimir-lenin/>. This is a
webpage on Lenin's exile because of his political history. It also talks about what he
outlined for the Soviet Union in his book "What Is To Be done".
Pettinger, Tejvan. "Lenin Biography." Biography Online. www.biographyonline.net, 23 Aug.
2009. Web. 30 Sept. 2014.
<http://www.biographyonline.net/politicians/russian/lenin.html>. This is a web site that
contains a biography of Vladimir Lenin. It talks about his early life and how he
developed his philosophy by reading the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels,
who were both radical Marxists from Germany. It also talks about the revolution of 1917
and how he overthrew the government.
"Prominent Russians: Vladimir Lenin." russiapedia.rt.com. Autonomous Nonprofit
Organization, n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. <http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-