In what ways did Lenin apply the ideas of Karl Marx to the revolutionary circums

Question: In what ways did Lenin apply the ideas of Karl Marx to the revolutionary circumstances in Russia!?

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I seriously do not mean any offense, but Jim L is incredibly uninformed and his answer is wrong!.

Lenin applied Marx's principles as best as he could in Russia!. He saw the need for the development of capitalism in Russia, which in fact is the title of one of his works!. Marx also stated this fact!. Lenin saw the proletariat as the driving force behind the revolution, coupled with the peasant class!. The peasant class could not possibly create its own independent revolutionary party and Marx and Lenin both understood this!. Marx called for an end to parliamentarianism as did Lenin!. Instead, Marx in theory and Lenin in practice, created a new body, both legislative and executive, which was elected through universal suffrage (in Russia this was called the soviet)!. The means of production were seized in Russia by the state and turned into bodies that enabled the workers to take an active role in their work and allowed these workers to see the benefit of their labor!. Most importantly, Lenin believed, as did Marx, in what is known today as "permanent revolution" which means that a socialist society is created on an international level, which means that a complete socialist revolution in one country (which Stalin believed was possible) is impossible!. The socialist revolution must grow; it cannot leap over different stages of development!. All nations are connected and rely on each other, so it is only when the bourgeois state is cast aside that a socialist revolution is able to realize itself!. Until then, the democratic revolution must develop!.

One must remember two things about Lenin and his work: one, during most of his time as the head of the People's Commissary of the Soviets, Russia was engaged in a civil war, which plunged Russia into an extreme state of decline, causing the Bolsheviks to rely on what is known as "war communism" or essentially the militarization of the labor force in order to save Russia from a complete collapse; and two, Lenin suffered a stroke in 1922, followed by a second stroke in 1923 which lead to his death in January 1924!. These two things mean that Lenin had a very difficult time implementing Marx's theories!. As soon as Lenin had died, Stalin, Kamenev, Zinoviev, and the others, who actually opposed Lenin (not openly), began to twist Lenin's words and theories to fit with the needs of the Stalinist bureaucracy which Lenin and Trotsky had been set to dismantle prior to Lenin's death!. You cannot attribute Stalinist propaganda to Lenin!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Basically he turned Marx on his head!. Marx had said that economic conditions determined political consciousness!. Lenin believed in the reverse!.Www@QuestionHome@Com