what did vladimir lenin accomplish 
lenin led the revolutionary uprising that brought the bolshevik faction of communism to power in russia and across the territories of the old russian empire this was one of the major events of world history in the 20th century which would influence the course of economic political and strategic trends all over the world lenin s revolution and establishment of the soviet union resulted in the deaths of many millions of russians and others and it drove the world into a period of episodic wars and diplomatic conflicts known as the cold war 