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Vladimir Lenin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, Vladimir Il'ich Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich Ul'yanov, Lenin, V. I. Ul'yanov, V. I. Lenin, Vladimir Ulyanov
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
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Vladimir Lenin was a politician, writer, economist, and lawyer born in 1870 in Ulyanovsk, also known as Simbirsk. He was educated at the Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University and worked in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. His political affiliations included the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolshevik), and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He held the position of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars.
Lenin was married to Nadezhda Krupskaya and had siblings Maria Ulyanova, Olga Ulyanova, Alexander Ulyanov, and Dmitry Ulyanov. He resided in Podolsk, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and Shushenskoe. His worldview included atheism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Lenin died on January 21, 1924, from a cerebral hemorrhage and is buried in Lenin's Mausoleum. He authored works such as *On Historical Materialism* and *The Essential Left*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- On Historical Materialism
- The Essential Left
- K. Marx, F. Engels, V.I. Lenin On Scientific Communism
- Über Kultur, Ästhetik und Literatur - Ausgewählte Texte
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Simbirsk
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known by his alias Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1922 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia and then the wider Soviet Union became a one-party communist state governed by the Russian…
Known for
- A Nation Denied: Ukraine's Battle for History — Self (archive footage)2024
- The Return of Vertov — Self (archive footage)2024
- USSR (1917-1991) — Self (archive footage)2024
- História do Comunismo — Self2024
- Aurora's Sunrise — Self - Politician (archive footage)2023
- Historical Nihilism and the Fall of the USSR — (archival footage)2022
- A History of Antisemitism — Self - Politician (archive footage)2022
- The Anarchists — Self2022
- The Century of Icons — Self (archive footage)2022
- The Village Detective: A Song Cycle — Self - Politician (archive footage)2021
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Authority record · VIAF
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- 1870–1924
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- RU, SU, RUS
- Role / Field
- Politicos, Politicians, Politician, Politici, Theorist, Polityka
- Language
- rus, ara
- Gender
- Male
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- human
- Given name
- Vladimir
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Ulyanovsk
- Spouse
- Nadezhda Krupskaya
- Father
- Ilya Ulyanov
- Mother
- Maria Ulyanova
- Sibling
- Anna Ulyanova
- Occupation
- communist
- Employer
- Council of People's Commissars
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Notable work
- Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
- Participant in
- 11th Congress of the Russian Communist Party
- Field of work
- communism
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Movement
- class struggle
- Conflict
- Polish–Soviet War
- Image
- Vladimir Lenin in July 1920 by Pavel Zhukov.jpg
- Height
- 165
- Work location
- Moscow
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- London
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- Significant event
- October Revolution
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- Commons category
- Vladimir Lenin
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- date of birth
- 1870-04-22
- date of death
- 1924-01-21
- topic's main category
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- Владимир Ильич Ленин
- place of burial
- Lenin's Mausoleum
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- Vladimir Lenin
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- name in native language
- Владимир Ильич Ленин
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- pseudonym
- Lenin
- birth name
- Владимир Ильич Ульянов
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- Vladimir Lenin
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- Van Dyke beard
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- Victoria and Albert Museum
- medical condition
- epilepsy
- P12749
- Kurt Sethe
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Vladimir Lenin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal
Early life
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