Word: leninism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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What confused ideas does the name "Lenin" conjure up to the mind of the man in the street! Russian and Bolshevik, of course, and probably fanatic, anarchist, tyrant, genius, as well. Yet how few have any knowledge of the true character of the leader of the Russian Revolution, certainly one of the most remarkable men of the century...
...years Lenin has been known by name to everyone that ever heard of Russia, but known by name alone. He has been a "mystery man". The story of his life, his every act, has been a traitor, a patriot, a German spy, a pacifist, a militarist; he has been reported dead time and again. It was with real anticipation of clearing up my hazy notions of Lenin that I started to read Mr. Levine's biography...
...party through his long years of exile in Siberia, during the war, in Switzerland, and back to Russia, where he overthrew the provisional government of Kerensky and negotiated the now famous Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, is all narrated in a vivid and convincing manner. The author gives Lenin's political career in full, quoting dozens of records and letters and telling scores of illuminating anecdotes, and at the same time makes a very comprehensive study of his character...
...Levine agrees with Sukhanov, whom he quotes, that Lenin was a genius. Although the man had "an extremely limited mental horizon", having made up his mind at the age of twenty-three to adhere to the Marxian principles, he was "uncommonly potent and prolitic within these limitations. He was a rare combination of a doctrinaire, a statesman, and a popular leader; he was both visionary and practical...
...believe in one god, matter and its inherent forces, the father and creator of everything, and the revolutionary spirit of communism that was proclaimed by its great fighters, Marx and Lenin, hallowed by the blood of countless proletarian martyrs...