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| | [[Image:Khvhkgfiy.jpg|right|thumb|Vladimir Lenin]] | | [[Image:Khvhkgfiy.jpg|right|thumb|Vladimir Lenin]] |
| − | '''Vladimir Lenin''' (born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov <ref>"Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (Russian: Владимир Ильич Улянов, Ленин) was the pseudonym he used after 1900 to disguise his identity.</ref>) (1870–1924) was the leader of Russian [[Communism]] and an important theoretician of [[Marxism]]. Coming to power in 1917, he became dictator of the [[Soviet Union]]. All over the Soviet Union and even to some extent some Western countries, there were statues and paintings honoring his memory; some were removed when Communism collapsed in 1991. | + | '''Vladimir Lenin''' (born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov <ref>"Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (Russian: Владимир Ильич Улянов, Ленин) was the pseudonym he used after 1900 to disguise his identity.</ref>) (April 22, 1870 – January 21, 1924) was the leader of Russian [[Communism]] and an important theoretician of [[Marxism]]. Coming to power in 1917, he became dictator of the [[Soviet Union]]. All over the Soviet Union and even to some extent some Western countries, there were statues and paintings honoring his memory; some were removed when Communism collapsed in 1991. |
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| | * [[Dictatorship]] | | * [[Dictatorship]] |
| | ** [[List of dictators]] | | ** [[List of dictators]] |
| − | ** [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Chairman Mao]], [[Kim Jong-Il]], [[Pol Pot]]
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| | ** [[Dictatorship of the proletariat]] | | ** [[Dictatorship of the proletariat]] |
| | ** [[List of Communist States]] | | ** [[List of Communist States]] |
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| | * Desai, Meghnad, ed. ''Lenin's Economic Writings.'' (1989). 363 pp. | | * Desai, Meghnad, ed. ''Lenin's Economic Writings.'' (1989). 363 pp. |
| | * Pipes, Richard, ed. ''The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive.'' (1996). 185 pp. | | * Pipes, Richard, ed. ''The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive.'' (1996). 185 pp. |
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| | {{DEFAULTSORT:Lenin, Vladimir}} | | {{DEFAULTSORT:Lenin, Vladimir}} |