Lenin's First and Second Government
Following the October Revolution, Vladimir Lenin became the head of the new government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. It was known officially as the Council of People's Commissars, effectively his cabinet. Ten of the council's fourteen members would later be killed during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge.
Lenin Government | |
|---|---|
12th Cabinet of Russia (as Russian SFSR) | |
| Date formed | 8 November, 1917 |
| Date dissolved | 21 January, 1924 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Vladimir Lenin |
| Member parties | Bolsheviks Left Socialist-Revolutionaries (1917–1918) |
| Status in legislature | Majority (1917–1921) Sole legal party (from 1921) |
| Opposition cabinet | Komuch (1918) Ufa Directory (1918) Omsk Government (1918–1920) Priamurye Government (1920–1923) |
| Opposition parties | Socialist-Revolutionaries (1917–1921) Mensheviks (1917–1921) Left Socialist-Revolutionaries (1918–1921) |
| History | |
| Incoming formation | Alexander Kerensky's Second Cabinet |
| Outgoing formation | Alexei Rykov's Cabinet |
| Predecessor | Alexander Kerensky |
| Successor | Alexei Rykov |
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