How was lenin a dictator?
Lenin is not a dictator. On November 8 , 1917, he was elected as the Chair of the Council of People’s Commissars by the Russian Congress of Soviets. The Congress was at that time a multi-party entity (6 political parties). The Russian Congress of Soviets had power to elect and reelect. Lenin served one and a half term, total 6 years though the last 2 years he had limited influence due to his illness. Note, that American president F. Roosevelt, served 3 terms, or 12 years. Lenin was not a dictator, whose every word was obeyed. On the crucial question of signing an immediate peace treaty with Germany in 1917, Lenin was outvoted and remained in a minority until he eventually persuaded the party and Russian government to pull out of the war (in Treaty of Brest Litovsk in 1918).
