After the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, Muranov and other Bolshevik deputies followed the lead of the exiled Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, denouncing the war and calling on Russian soldiers to turn their weapons against their own government.
Following World War I's outbreak in August 1914, Muranov and other Bolshevik deputies followed the lead of Vladimir Lenin, who advocated against the war and encouraged Russian soldiers to turn against their own government.