Russia

When Vladimir Lenin adopted Karl Marx's ideas of governing Russia, things went wrong. When Lenin took over Russia, people had very different opinions about his new system. A group of Socialists called the Mensheviks liked Lenin's ideas while the Bolsheviks rejected it. The Bolsheviks represents the majority of Russia's population which was why this caused so much conflict. While all of this was happening, Germany saw this as an opportunity to weaken their opponents. Germany did this hoping that it would draw Lenin back to Russia, which it did.