Vladimir lenin was one of the leaders of the bolshevik revolution in 1917. after the revolution, he became the leader of russia and transformed it into a communist state. lenin's political beliefs were most influenced by which person?

a) karl marx
b) adam smith
c) thomas paine
d) john locke

Karl Marx

Explanation:

Vladimir Lenin's political beliefs were inspired by the beliefs of Karl Marx. Karl Marx was a 19th century German philosopher who sought to end class divisions. He thought this could be achieved if the proletariat, or working class, owned and controlled everything.

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion