They had help from a group of merchants with financial interest in the American colonies but for a price.. that price was seven years of sweat and labor. The pilgrims became servants in America in order for the them to complete their journey. Any profits made were sent to the London-Virginia Company.
Long story short, he was a bad guy
Long story long, he was brought into office in 1917 after the tsar of Russia was overthrown, people were looking for somebody to lead and they settled on Lenin. He brought the idea of communism which is known for plaguing Europe and Asia and caused many wars about 40 years later notably Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War.
Lenin had about 28,000 executions a year which would bring about the communist government becoming a tyranny.
His ideology for the USSR would stay in place for when Stalin became the leader and Stalin would adopt many of those cruel policies Lenin had and continued to worsen them.
Source: https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/russian-revolution-in-colour/article/lenin-heroic-visionary-or-tyrant/
They created a democracy untainted by wealth, privileged birth or corruption where every (eligible) citizen can take part in politics/ assembly.
Trump's State of the Union will have bipartisan tone.
