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Russia was lead by Vladimir I. Lenin in the early 1900‘s. The Bolsheviks were communist party, which Lenin was a part of who took over Russia in the Bolshevik Revolution. This happened during the very beginning of World War I, the majority of Russia had a vulnerable government, so they agreed on a treaty with Germany to keep peace. Some of the Russian people didn’t agree on being a Bolshevik country so there were anti-Bolsheviks or Socialist Revolutionaries (SR’s) who would stand up and create talking among the citizens. During November 1917, an agreement (The Decree on Peace) was reached with the left wing SR’s and peace negotiations were conducted with the Germans. Remember, all this was happening during World War I. As the Bolshevik's were concerned the revolution was over and Lenin was in power. The Russian states; however, was in a state of decomposition. The revolution meant that there needed to be an election held and as much as Lenin didn’t want the election to take place but, it still occurred. On November 25, 1917 the Russian people had their first free vote in 900 years. When the voting was over the Bolshevik's only received 25% of the votes while the SR’s received the other 62%. Lenin had to accept these