Vladimir Lenin caused great harm to Russia. The revolution, which was organized by the Bolsheviks, led to numerous casualties. Until now, historians have been haunted by the question - did Lenin act of his own free will or worked for foreign intelligence?
Spies or agents are people who carry out intelligence orders from other states. Agents always realize that by their actions they harm their state.
It cannot be stated unequivocally that Lenin was a spy. He was not recruited by foreign intelligence and did not receive money from them. Throughout history, not a single official document has been recorded that would prove that Lenin received money from German or any other intelligence.
But did he collaborate with structures that carried out intelligence activities in Russia? Collaborated, and how. All means were good in the struggle for the cause of the world revolution. And financial assistance from German intelligence was no exception. A document has survived to this day, according to which one of Lenin's associates Parvus received more than a million rubles from the German "comrades" to organize a strike.
Germany and the Bolsheviks
In 1917, the interests of the Bolsheviks and the German government coincided. And they both wanted to destroy the Russian state. That is why the Germans allowed the train with Ilyich to travel freely from Germany to Russia. It was assumed that in the homeland the Bolsheviks would begin to decompose the state and army from the inside.
Lenin, along with his comrades-in-arms in a sealed carriage, crossed Switzerland and Germany. In wartime, this seemed simply unbelievable. Nevertheless, the car with the revolutionaries has never been inspected - he was able to freely reach Russia. Lenin was given not only an “untouchable” car. In Stockholm, there were sponsors who allocated an impressive amount of money for the trip. Lenin wrote: "We have more money for the trip than I thought."
But the "friendship" of Lenin and German intelligence quickly ended. Barely gaining power in Russia, Vladimir Ilyich moved troops to the territory that he had previously given to Germany.
Lenin still had certain espionage skills. For example, in his letters from Switzerland, he was either going to advance to the Russian border under the guise of a deaf-mute Swede, or intended to put on a wig.
