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Vladimir Lenin
1870 – 1924
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Ideologically a Marxist, his developments to the ideology are called Leninism.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 10, 1870
Ulyanovsk
Date of death
January 21, 1924
Bolshiye Gorki
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic · Soviet Union · Russia
Occupations & fields
politicianwritereconomistlawyerrevolutionaryjournalist
Awards & honours
Work order of Corasmiahonorary citizen of Kazan
Notable works
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
- Field and occupation
- ruský marxistický revolucionár
- Given name:
- Vladimir, Wladimir, Vlagyimir / Vladimir, Władimir, Володимир, Владимир
- Also known as
- Włodźiměr I. Lenin · Vladimir Iljič Uljanov · N. Lenin · N. Lénine · Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin · Mikuláš Lenin · Vladimir Il‘jin · W. I. Lenin · Vladimir Il‘jič Uljanov · Vladimir Iljič Uljanov-Lenin · Wladimir Iljitsch Uljanow · Wladimir I. Lenin · Vladimir Ulyanov · Vladimir Ilyich Lenin · V. I. Ulyanov · V. I. Ul'yanov · Vladimir Il'ich Lenin · Vladimir Ul'yanov · Vladimir Il'ich Ul'yanov · Vl llyin · Vlagyimir Iljics Uljanov · Władimir Iljicz Uljanow · Władimir Lenin · Владиміръ Ильинъ Ульяновъ · Lenin · Владимир Ильич Ульянов · V. I. Lenin · Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
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