Lenin, a workaholic who avoided vacations and downtime, died in 1924 following a series of progressively more serious strokes. [[Joseph Stalin]] was his even more brutal successor.
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Lenin, a workaholic who avoided vacations and downtime, died in 1924 following a series of progressively more serious strokes. However, recent studies indicate that his "strokes" were actually the terminal effects of syphillis that he got from interacting with a prostitute during his exile. [[Joseph Stalin]] was his even more brutal successor.