num_pages: 176
description: Lenin is the key to understanding the Russian Revolution. His dream was the creation of the world's first Socialist state. It was a short-lived dream that became a nightmare when Stalin rose to absolute power in 1929. Lenin was the avant-garde revolutionary who adapted Marxist theory to the pravtical realitites of a vast, complex and backward Russia.
language: English
title: Lenin for beginners
titlecomplete: Lenin for beginners
genres: Biography, War, Politics, Philosophy, Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Economics, Comics, Russia, History
ratings_count: 318
series: Writers & Readers Documentary Comic Book
publisher: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative