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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov[ b ] (22 April [ O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, [ c ] was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death in 1924, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924.
Manifestation of war veterans and invalids in Petrograd on 17 April 1917 against Lenin's arrival. The April Theses (Russian: апрельские тезисы, transliteration: aprel'skie tezisy) were a series of ten directives issued by the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin upon his April 1917 return to Petrograd from his exile in Switzerland via Germany and Finland.
t. e. Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, [a] originally published as Imperialism, the Newest Stage of Capitalism, [b][1] is a book written by Vladimir Lenin in 1916 and published in 1917. It describes the formation of oligopoly, by the interlacing of bank and industrial capital, in order to create a financial oligarchy, and explains ...
This is a list of speeches of Vladimir Lenin, the founder and leader of both Soviet Russia (1917–1924) and Soviet Union (1922–1924). Lenin, speaking for the public in 1919. Vladimir Lenin speech in Moscow on May 5, 1920. Lenin Giving a Speech to a Crowd in 1917.
Most people just exist." — Oscar Wilde. "Never regret anything that made you smile." — Mark Twain. “Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.”. — Hafez. “Don’t count ...
Following the discovery of Lenin's portrait, Nelson Rockefeller delayed the mural's planned May 1 unveiling. He wrote to Rivera to request that the painter remove the picture of Lenin. [ 34 ] [ 37 ] The portrait was the only thing about Man at the Crossroads that offended the Rockefeller family, despite the presence of other overtly Communist ...
Politics portal. v. t. e. Foundations of Leninism (Russian: Об основах ленинизма, Ob osnovakh leninizma) was a 1924 collection made by Joseph Stalin that consisted of nine lectures he delivered at Sverdlov University that year. It was published by the Soviet newspaper, Pravda. [1][2]
Lenin's Testament is a document dictated by Vladimir Lenin in late 1922 and early 1923. In the testament, Lenin proposed changes to the structure of the Soviet governing bodies. Sensing his impending death, he also gave criticism of Bolshevik leaders Zinoviev, Kamenev, Trotsky, Bukharin, Pyatakov, and Stalin. He warned of the possibility of a ...