Vladimir Lenin led a revolution in 1917 that overthrew centuries of tsarist rule and created the world's first communist state. Following the October Revolution, Lenin's Bolshevik party seized power, promising the war-weary Russian people 'Peace, Land, and Bread.' His government immediately issued decrees, including establishing an eight-hour workday, but also nationalized all private land and industry, placing them under state control. In March 1918, he signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with G