WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did Lenin return to Russia after his exile?
A
Lenin returned to Russia because no one was interested in his Socialist views in the rest of Europe.
B
The Germans helped Lenin return to Russia in hopes that he would get Russia out of WW1.
C
Lenin returned to Petrograd to instigate the Proletarian Revolution
D
Lenin returned to Russia because he missed his family and friends.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hopeful that their return would undermine the Russian war effort, the Germans allowed Lenin and other Bolsheviks to return to Russia from exile in Switzerland.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1897, he was arrested for sedition and exiled to Shushenskoye in Siberia for three years, where he married Nadezhda Krupskaya. After his exile, he moved to Western Europe, where he became a prominent theorist in the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP).

Detailed explanation-3: -The German government was at war with Russia, but it nonetheless agreed to help Lenin return home.

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