How Important Was Lenin To The Successful Bolshevik Seizure Of Power In October 1917? 1 July 1998 Men make their own history…they do not make it under circumstances chosen by them, but rather under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. In any account of history, it is difficult to determine weather the crucial roles were played by individuals or by historical forces beyond the control of any individual. There is on one hand the …showed first 75 words of 1994 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1994 total…of the opportunities thrown up by Russian circumstance. In this sense, Lenin’s role was immensely important. Bibliography 1. Carr E.H., What is History. 2. Cherniavsky. M. The Structure of Russian Society, 1970.New York. 3. Christian. D. Power and Privilege, 1994. Longman House. Melbourne. 4. Cliff. T. Lenin, 1976. Vol. 2. Pluto Press, London. 5. Marx. K. Collected Works 1971. Progress Publishers, Moscow. 6. Rabinowitch. A. The Bolsheviks Come to Power.1976. Norton, New York. 7. Reed. J. Ten Days that Shook the World, 1966. Penguin, Harmondsworth.