You ignore this  Otherwise however Mr Pipess editorial views are fully justified by the evidence As one would expect most of the newly released documents from the Soviet archives uncover Lenins darker side Three aspects of this in particular stand out   One is Lenins cruelty his callous attitude to the helpless victims of his revolution and his calls for terror against its enemies In one shocking letter of  Lenin urged the Politburo to put down an uprising by the clergy in the textile town of Shuia The greater the number of representatives of the reactionary clergy and reactionary bourgeoisie we succeed in executing    the better One Russian historian has recently estimated that  priests and laymen were executed as a result of this letter   Another aspect is Lenins contempt for his closest comrades although not for Stalin according to Mr Pipes Lev Kamenev was a poor fellow weak frightened intimidated As for Trotsky he was in love with the organization but as for politics he hasnt got a clue