On 16 April 1917 (4 April Old Style), Vladimir Lenin delivered his incendiary April Theses upon returning to Petrograd from exile, radically reshaping the course of the Russian Revolution.
In ten bold points, Lenin called for an immediate end to the war, land redistribution to peasants, nationalisation of banks, and the transfer of power to the Soviets.
Rejecting cooperation with the Provisional Government, he demanded "Peace, Land, and Bread," laying the ideological groundwork for the Bolshevik seizure of power later that year.
