Lenins April Theses were a set of three demands put forward by Lenin upon his return to Russia from exile in April 1917. These demands were instrumental in shaping the political and social situation of Russia and were as follows:

• The First World War be brought to an end.
• The lands be transferred to the peasants.
• The banks had to be nationalized.

Lenins April Theses were first announced in a speech in two meetings on April 17, 1917, and were subsequently published in the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda. Lenin succeeded in persuading the Bolsheviks of his arguments as laid out in the April Theses, and they provided much of the ideological groundwork that later led to the October Revolution.