The last german kaiser financed the bolshevik revolution, just so you know https://historyofyesterday.com/when-germany-funded-the-russian-revolution-428d369f27ff?gi=f3ef61ae211d Lenin understood that the only possible solution was a negotiation with Germany. Just like the Entente Powers, also Germany knew that Lenin would have been a dangerous component in the Russian political landscape. If Germany had been able to end the war on the East, then it would have had the possibility to gather its army on the West. The Kaiser Wilhelm II gave the green light and facilitated the transit across Germany in a sealed railway carriage with Lenin and other Bolsheviks. However, the Kaiser Wilhelm II not only provided a means of transport for the Bolshevik conspirator but also gave him tens of millions of marks. The discovery, published by the weekly news magazine “Stern” in the 90s, made use of bank account numbers, dates and amounts of payments, to demonstrate that the Russian Revolution was financed by the Germans. Anyway, that was not totally new, as some of Lenin’s enemies had already accused him of this. The Soviet Union and Germany had always denied, but there is still some evidence. For instance, on June 18, 1917, a German industry magnate sent 350.000 marks to an account entitled to Lenin in Sweden. On January 8, 1918, a payment from the Reichsbank was sent to Trotsky. Some historians argue that Germany gave political coordinations to Lenin too.