Lenin ( Russian : Ленин), secret name of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( Russian : Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ульянов) ( 22 April 1870 (10 April ( O.S. )) - 21 January 1924 ) was a Russian revolutionary , the leader of the Bolshevik party,...
The Russian statesman Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) was the creator of the Bolshevik party, the Soviet state, and the Third International. He was a successful revolutionary leader and an important contributor to revolutionary socialist theory. Few...
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́нов, IPA: [vlʌˈdʲimʲɪr ɪˈlʲitɕ uˈlʲanəf]), better known by the alias Lenin (help·info) (Ленин) (April 22, 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a...
The article discusses biographical information about former Soviet Union political leader Vladimir Lenin released since 1990. The information contradicts the myth Lenin had a proletariat background and was fundamentally a compassionate humanist. UNTIL RECENTLY, it was difficult to get a true image of...
Alan W. Dowd is a freelance writer in Indianapolis. As we begin a new century, it's altogether appropriate to consider the person who had the most profound impact on the last hundred years. Too often, similar deliberations for "Man of the Year" or...
Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press: THE IMPERIAL FAMILY (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published Feb. 24) Many parents complain they don't get to see enough of their grandchildren because their married son doesn't come to...
A team of British and Canadian explorers endured seven weeks of howling winds and subzero temperatures to become the first expedition to reach the geographic center of Antarctica without any mechanical assistance.Dragging 264-pound sleds, the team traveled about 1,091 miles on foot and by kite...
In the following essay, Evans argues that Lenin's State and Revolution is not antithetical to the rest of Lenin's work, as most critics contend, but rather that the "tension between the polarities of value in Lenin's thought" would later become an integral part of Soviet politics.
In order to establish communist rule in Russia, Lenin needed to remove the provisional government from power, deliver on his promises to the Russian people, and win the civil war.
Examines the political impact on Lenin's sickness during the years 1922-1924. Details his illness and death. Explores the impact of the illness on Russian politics.
