Question

Unlike the ideals advocated by Karl Marx, Lenin believed that

A) the Orthodox Church needed to ally with the Russian Army.
B) the proletariat must be included in any revolution for it to be successful.
C) the revolution would be led by a small group of well-trained revolutionaries.
D) the masses would rise up and overthrow the system created by the bourgeoisie.

Answer 1

The correct answer is "A".

Vladimir Ilych Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, was a Russian Revolutionary who rose to power as the leader of the newly formed Soviet Union, after ousting the Russian Monarchy of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917.

Although Lenin had strong communist ideals, which he shared with Karl Marx, he did not believe in the separation of Church and State. On the other hand, as a devout member of the Russian Orthodox church, he believed that the Church had to play a key role in guiding the people alongside the government.