This Russia History documentary is about Vladimir Lenin, one of the most influential and controversial leaders of the 20th century and the major role he played in the Russian Revolution. Vladimir Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist as this Russian Revolution documentary inform us. He served as head of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death. Under his leadership, the Russian Empire transformed to the Soviet Union. During this period, all Russia’s wealth including land, industry and businesses was nationalized. Based in Marxism, his political theories are known as Leninism.