Who or what actually controlled communist Russia?

Question

Alexander Kerensky

V.I. Lenin

Council of People's Commissars

Russian Social Democratic Party

Answer 1

V.I. Lenin and the Russian Social Democratic Party, specifically the Bolsheviks, played a crucial role in the establishment and control of communist Russia. After the October Revolution in 1917, Lenin and the Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government led by Alexander Kerensky. The Council of People's Commissars, headed by Lenin, assumed control and established the Soviet Union as a communist state.