Lenin was a pivotal figure in the 1917 Russian Revolution. True, following the collapse of the Tsar, Lenin commanded the revolutionaries. It was, in fact, the start of the revolution. The Provisional Government, led by Kerensky, was unable to meet the people's demands and hence fell. The Bolshevik Party, led by Lenin, proposed clear measures to terminate the war, distribute land to peasants, and spread the slogan 'All Power to the Soviets.' He had referred to the Russian empire as a "Prison of Nations," and he had stated that "no true democracy could be built unless all non-Russian people were granted equal rights."