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**//__ The Rise and Fall of Lenin __//**  //**__Preface:__**//  Lenin emerged as the main political force in the capital of the former Russian Empire. He lead the Bolsheviks through a long and arduous war against the “whites”and became known as the Russian Communist party. Their red army won the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics was born.   __//**My Question:**//__  How did he ascend to the head of the Soviet state and what were the long term affects of his time in power.