An accessible biography for A level History students that concentrates on the issues that come up time and time again in the AS and A2 exams. / Why historians differ - an introduction to interpretations and historiography / A brief biography, including a timeline and an 'Understanding Lenin' box / Issue 1: Did he help or hinder Russian Socialism? / Issue 2: Bolshevik Revolution: coup or mass uprising? / Issue 3: Liberator or dictator? / Lenin: an assessment / Further reading / Index