Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin read the work of socialist thinkers like Karl Marx and Friedri

Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin read the work of socialist thinkers like Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, but he developed his own version of socialism. He insisted that proletariat workers must be led by


A small group of hereditary nobles with the proper breeding for leadership

A small group of scientists with the technological expertise to lead an industrial superpower

A small group of educated, organized, disciplined, professional politicians like himself that he described as a revolutionary vanguard

A small group military leaders with command experience