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'''Leninism,''' also known as '''Orthodox Leninism''' or '''Bolshevism''', is an authoritarian to totalitarian, economically far-left socialist and communist ideology based on the beliefs of [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russian revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet Union [[File:Lenin.png]] Vladimir Lenin. He believes in the establishment of a Dictatorship of the Proletariat led by a Revolutionary Vanguard Party. He wants the full abolishment of private property and is in favor of socialist publicly owned property.

The Russian Revolution was a revolution that formed the first Marxist state by eliminating Tsar Nicholas II in 1917. Before the revolution, Russia was in a complicated situation, high social inequalities, lack of freedom, absolutism, extreme poverty, illiteracy, remnants of feudalism, backwardness compared to other countries, exhausting work with several hours and among countless other problems. One of the first oppositions emerged with the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) of a Marxist and democratic socialist nature founded by Vladimir Lenin but ended up being considered illegal by the Empire, in which Lenin ended up fleeing to other European countries. Subsequently, the party split into two wings, the more radical Bolsheviks (Russian "Majority") and the more moderate Mensheviks (Russian "Minority").

After the revolution, communism began to take influence, parties and movements in Europe, bringing the first red fear, eventually electing fascist and anti-communist leaders later. There are currently several debates and controversies regarding the Russian Revolution, with some extolling Lenin as a liberator of the oppressed from capitalism, others as a genocidal dictator who led the Russian people to misery and others considering him as a state capitalist because of the NEP.

Lenin talks about the structure of a Vanguard in ''What is to Be Done''<ref>https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/</ref>. The Vanguard is a structure to be taken by a social class (in this case, the Proletariat), in order to exert political power and force against the former oppressive class/classes (in this case, the Aristocracy and Bourgeoisie). This form of organization involves the most revolutionary minds of the class form organizations known as the revolutionary Vanguard, to gather in the great portion of the working class in a unified political movement. This organization serves the function of:

He argued this form of organization was necessary because of the observation of the working class in Western Europe not developing revolutionary class consciousness in mass and explained this phenomenon based on the division of labor and long working hours of workers causing this to happen. Nevertheless, Lenin believed that the working class could be organized into a revolutionary force, and the necessary tool for this was an organization that could draw in the masses toward a unified and coherent struggle.

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Leninism usually wears Lenin’s famous cap which he’s seen in many photos with.

He has memorized all of Lenin’s works from beginning to end.

{{Flag|Lenin_flag.svg}}Leninism's design is based on the flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic between the years 1918 to 1927 when Vladimir Lenin was its leader.

# (Optional) Draw Lenin’s cap.

* [[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]] - Greatly inspired me and taught me a lot of stuff. I greatly thank him and admire him!

* [[File:Lpop.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]] - Land to the Peasants! Factories to the Workers! Peace to the People! Power to the Soviets! <s>Though most of your modern proponents are mensheviks or even dirty succdems.</s>

*[[File:Republicanismpix.png]] [[Republicanism]] - Death to the Romanovs, long live the Soviet Republics!

*[[File:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism]] - While I appreciate you leaving the Mensheviks for me, and your competent leadership of the military in the Civil War, a lot of your essays were half-Menshevik and quite wrong.

*[[File:Bukh.png]] Bukharinism - While you were an important member of the party you never grasped dialectics.

*[[File:Marketsoc.png]] [[Market Socialism]] - Same as the above.

*[[File:3princ-col.png]] [[Tridemism]] - A revolutionary democrat, endowed with nobility and heroism... but he rejected Marxism and most of his followers aren’t supportive of communism.

*[[File:Kemal.png]] [[Kemalism]] - We helped you in the Turkish war of independence and you are a fellow anti-imperialist and a progressive. But you aren't a supporter of Communism. Why? Don't you know the best way to fight Imperialism is Communism?

*[[File:Bism.png]] [[Bismarckism]] - Reactionary German imperialist. Thanks for the train back to Russia though.

*[[File:Blanqui.png]] [[Blanquism]] - '''WE ARE NOT THE SAME!!!'''<s> Stil we are similar than I think.</s>

*[[File:Tsar.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|Tsarism]] - I still remember when I shot you ХАХАХА! Good riddance scum.

*[[File:Dsa.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]] [[File:Demsocstar.png]] - Menshevik scum! (I respect the Rosa Luxemburg supporters in your party tho)

*[[File:Sanacja.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism|Sanationism]] - Poland must become a socialist republic!

===Literature===

*[https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism]

*[https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1919/oct/30.htm Economics And Politics In The Era Of The Dictatorship Of The Proletariat]

*[https://www.dukeupress.edu/leninism Leninism] by Neil Harding

*[https://1lib.us/book/2517390/83faa3 Lenin Rediscovered: What is to be Done? In Context] by Lars T. Lih

*[[w:Leninism|Leninism]]

*[[w:National_liberation_(Marxism)|National Liberation]]

*[https://youtu.be/CS2jUjNc5tk What is Leninism?] by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUh5QoIsGENSQIkhLm-0OQ Viki 1999]