Lenin

• Under Lenin attacks on the church intensified. Priests were arrested and churches closed down. Enemies were identified and attacked, encouraged informally with the 'loot the looters' campaign
• The legal system was abolished and replaced with 'revolutionary justice'- suspension of the rule of law
• The Cheka was established in December 1917 which used terror to control opposition
• The GPU was established which could arbitrarily arrest and imprison
• Opposition press was banned and Kadets were banned in 1917.
• Propaganda was used extensively to spread communism which replaced the church
• Censorship was systematic and all publications had to be approved by Gavlitt. Other parties were banned and there were show trials in 1921 which resulted in exile