FIGURES AND REVOLUTIONARY THINKERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HE MASTERMINDED THE BOLSHEVIK TAKE-OVER OF POWER IN RUSSIA IN 1917. LENIN WAS THE ARCHITECT AND FIRST HEAD OF TATE FOR THE SOVIET UNION He created the Soviet Union and captured the territories which later was added to the Union. He was a cruel man from a simple family who study to become the head of the political party and lead the government. He died a couple of years later and, according to an unofficial version, was poisoned by Stalin, because Stalin wanted to lead power. Lenin was the leader and god for the people of that time, and therefore there is still a mausoleum with his embalmed body. Thanks for attention!