<P> On 20 December 1917 ( 2 January 1918 new style ) , the Cheka was created by the decree of Vladimir Lenin . These were the beginnings of the Bolsheviks ' consolidation of power over their political opponents . The Red Terror was started in September 1918 , following a failed assassination attempt on Lenin 's life . The Jacobin Terror was an example for the Soviet Bolsheviks . Leon Trotsky had compared Lenin to Maximilien Robespierre as early as 1904 . </P>
<P> On 20 December 1917 ( 2 January 1918 new style ) , the Cheka was created by the decree of Vladimir Lenin . These were the beginnings of the Bolsheviks ' consolidation of power over their political opponents . The Red Terror was started in September 1918 , following a failed assassination attempt on Lenin 's life . The Jacobin Terror was an example for the Soviet Bolsheviks . Leon Trotsky had compared Lenin to Maximilien Robespierre as early as 1904 . </P>
who gained the power in russia after the october revolution
who gained the power in russia after the october revolution
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin