Which year did Lenin return to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks?

Which year did Lenin return to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks?

• A. 1916
• B. 1917
• C. 1918
• D. 1919

Answer: (B)

Lenin returned to Russia in 1917. After years in exile, he traveled back from Switzerland in a sealed train during April 1917, a move linked to German attempts to destabilize Russia in World War I. This homecoming allowed him to reassert leadership of the Bolsheviks, publish the April Theses, and push the party toward taking power later that year. Before this, he was in exile, and after 1917 the Bolsheviks did seize power in October, with Lenin as their leader. The other years don’t fit because they occur either while he was still abroad or after the revolution had already begun.

Lenin returned to Russia in 1917. After years in exile, he traveled back from Switzerland in a sealed train during April 1917, a move linked to German attempts to destabilize Russia in World War I. This homecoming allowed him to reassert leadership of the Bolsheviks, publish the April Theses, and push the party toward taking power later that year. Before this, he was in exile, and after 1917 the Bolsheviks did seize power in October, with Lenin as their leader. The other years don’t fit because they occur either while he was still abroad or after the revolution had already begun.