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 Lenin (1870–1924, originally named Ulyanov) was, like his younger revolutionary colleague Trotsky, a revolutionary before he was a Marxist, both chronologically and intellectually. Probably his lifelong passion for revolution, and...

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"...

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...

The fate of one of Moscow's most famous symbols _ the tomb of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin _ should be put to Russia's voters, a top Kremlin official said in an interview published Wednesday.The comments by Vladimir Kozhin, who heads of the Kremlin's property department,...

In the following essay, Feuer argues that Lenin's philosophical beliefs vacillated between sober materialism and Utopian fantasy.

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 the following essay, Morawski explicates Lenin's writings on art and literature.

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.