Select and explain the most important turning points in the life of Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924

In 1917 Lenin became the Russian dictator and is known nowadays as a Founder of Communism. Many events in his life have turned Lenin's attitude and changed him. In 1887, Lenin's brother was convicted of an attempted assassination on the Tsar and was consequently hanged for his crime. His brother's activity may have sparked Lenin's interest in revolutionary activity and radicalized him as at this time Lenin began studying the writings of Karl Marx and Chernoshevsky, who …

…first stroke which left him partially paralyzed. This event has turned Lenin into indecisive person, as he wasn't able to realize his communistic beliefs and ideas. It was at this time than an upstart Georgian began to criticize Lenin's departure from Marxist ways and rally support. <Tab/>Throughout 1923, Lenin suffered several other strokes, leaving him bedridden. Lenin died on January 21, 1924 and is still entombed in a mausoleum on Red Square today.