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'''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 there were statues and paintings honoring his memory; they were removed when Communism collapsed in 1991.

'''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 a Russian Jew, and 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 there were statues and paintings honoring his memory; they were removed when Communism collapsed in 1991. It is also believed in some circles that he was a homosexual.

==Early Life==

==Early Life==