<p> The Return of Lenin: Key Points</p><p> The March 1917 Revolution was a “leaderless and spontaneous” response to a range of factors.  The Petrograd Soviet was dominated by Mensheviks (The Bolshevik’s former Social Democrat allies).</p><p>So what on earth had Lenin been doing?!?</p><p>1. From 1907 armed Bolshevik gangs had been robbing banks in Russia to raise funds.</p><p>2. Lenin and the Bolsheviks used this money to print revolutionary pamphlets, newspapers like Zvezda and buy influence in Russian unions.</p><p>3. In 1911 Lenin moved to a small village outside Paris and set up a Bolshevik Party School to train agents for activities in Russia.</p><p>4. In 1913 Lenin organised a conference for Bolshevik Leaders in Austria (5/22 people there were Okhrana!).</p><p>5. In 1914 Lenin moved to neutral Switzerland. He was furious at Socialists who supported the war effort and became determined to turn the World War into a revolutionary force. </p><p>6. He argued that the war was imperialist (only served the interests of Empires – not workers). He published books and pamphlets calling on ALL working people to turn the guns on their officers and start a worldwide revolution.</p>