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â€Å"The great tragedies of history occur when men or women with extreme or deviant personality traits rise to a position of great power from whence they can do great damage† (Edward and Renato). To the public eye, Lenin was a very normal child within the common populace of Russia; but, later with the death of his brother and the breeding of Marxist ideas, Lenin transformed into a powerful leader ready to commit crimes against humanity. Seizing the throne was not easy for Lenin, he had to manipulate the common people, abolish opposition, and maintain his rule throughout Europe. All attempts to delay his rule would prove insufficient in weakening Lenin’s grip on radical favoring Russia. In order to establish authority and build a legacy, Lenin began manipulating the common people. Initially he sought the passion of the people to reinforce his personal agenda. Being without a following, Lenin decided he had to force his views onto the Russian people, he â€Å"entered the debate on the correct path for Russia to enter socialist society by writing hand-printed pamphlets and leaflets, circulated among workers, and reviews of other Marxists' writings† (Frame). By circulating pamphlets he manipulated the minds of others that had no choice but to believe the thoughts he’s injecting. Rather than using propaganda, as many other leaders had done themselves, Lenin decided he was going to directly influence the factory workers. While Marxist ideas consisted of the proletariat rising up against capitalist oppressors, Lenin changed his views to fit Russia while persuading the factory workers into siding with him, "With all my might I urge comrades to realize that ev erything now hangs by a thread; that we are confronted by problems which are not... ...out seeing the effects of his changes, he molded Russia into a powerful pedestal for his own liking. Some might say that Lenin was simply learning from previous leaders; for example Hitler and his storm troopers or Robespierre and his Reign of Terror, but his intentions were not to comb out â€Å"bandits† as he once said but rather to mandate, manipulate, and eliminate all opposing forces. As seen above Lenin can easily be related to many powerful yet cruel tyrants throughout history. Hitler and Robespierre both encouraged terrors of their own as Lenin did himself. Lenin manipulated and controlled Russia every step the way leading up to his final grasp of control. He morphed Russia into his own vision of what he believe it should be, and lost more than fifty thousand lives on the way. Lenin, killed, controlled and forced Russia into becoming what it never should have.