Question by Esme: How significant was Lenin’s leadership in the Bolshevik consolidation of power in the period to 1924?
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Answer by Amon Göth
very significant
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staisil says
Lenin was of the utmost importance in the revolution.
Lenin's speeches and writings were highly regarded by his successors and followers. His major contributions to Marxism were his analysis of imperialism (stressing, among other things, the importance of colonial areas as the breeding ground for revolution) and his concept of a revolutionary party as a highly disciplined unit. One of the greatest and most practical revolutionists of all times, Lenin combined mastery of theory with shrewd political instinct. Although he attacked any theoretical revisionism or gradualism, he supported opportunistic compromises to further the establishment of socialism.