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Also 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

Lifespan
1870–1924
Nationality
RU, SU, RUS
Role / Field
Politicos, Politicians, Politician, Politici, Theorist, Polityka
Language
rus, ara
Gender
Male

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Vladimir
Gender
male
Citizenship
Russia
Place of birth
Ulyanovsk
Occupation
communist
Languages spoken
German
Native language
Russian
Field of work
communism
Hair colour
black hair
Image
Vladimir Lenin in July 1920 by Pavel Zhukov.jpg
Height
165
Work location
Moscow
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Residence
London
Convicted of
political activity
Significant event
October Revolution
Political ideology
socialism
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
Category:Vladimir Lenin
Commons gallery
Владимир Ильич Ленин
place of burial
Lenin's Mausoleum
Commons Creator page
Vladimir Lenin
name in native language
Владимир Ильич Ленин
manner of death
natural causes
ethnic group
Russians
pseudonym
Lenin
birth name
Владимир Ильич Ульянов
writing language
Russian
sexual orientation
heterosexuality
facial hair
Van Dyke beard
has works in the collection
Victoria and Albert Museum
medical condition
epilepsy
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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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