Answer:
eliminating political opposition
Step-by-step explanation:
Bolsheviks acquired the power of Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin and the worlds's first Marxist state came into being, on November 1917. The occupation of the strategic locations and important government building in the Russian capital at Petrograd was completed in just two days. As he promised he introduced land reforms, nationalized industries but at the same time he eliminated political opposition and became a virtual dictator of the USSR.