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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; Владимир Ильич Ленин
	Photo of comrade Lenin
Born	Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov; 22 April 1870; Simbirsk, Russian Empire
Died	21 January 1924 (aged 53); Gorki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian; Soviet
Political orientation	Marxism (developed what is now known as Marxism-Leninism)

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Vladimir Ilyich "Lenin" Ulyanov (22 April 1870 — 21 January 1924) was a Russian revolutionary, political and economic theorist and an important figure in proletarian history. He is often considered one of the most important figures for communism and socialism. Author of several books contributing to Marxist theory, Lenin was responsible for the development of the understanding of the imperialist phenomenon in capitalist mode of production and was a key figure in the 1917 revolution that led to the establishment of the Soviet Union.

History

Early life

Works

What is to be done?

Materialism and empiriocriticism

Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism

The state and revolution

“Left-wing” communism: an infantile disorder

Bibliography

Institute of Marxism–Leninism of the CC CPSU (1983). Lenin: a biography. Moscow: Progress Publishers. [LG]

References

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+| death_place         = Gorki, [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
-| political_line = [[Marxism]] <small>(developed [[Marxism-Leninism]], as synthesized by [[Stalin]])
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-'''Vladimir Ilyich Lenin''' (22 April 1870 — 21 January 1924) was a [[Russia|Russian]] revolutionary, political and economic theorist and an important figure in proletarian history. He is often considered one of the most important figures for [[communism]] and [[socialism]]. Author of several books contributing to [[Marxism|Marxist theory]], Lenin was responsible for the development of the understanding of the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] trend in capitalist mode of production and was a key figure in the [[October Revolution of 1917|1917 revolution]] that led to the establishment of the [[Soviet Union]].
+'''Vladimir Ilyich "Lenin" Ulyanov''' (22 April 1870 — 21 January 1924) was a [[Russia|Russian]] revolutionary, political and economic theorist and an important figure in proletarian history. He is often considered one of the most important figures for [[communism]] and [[socialism]]. Author of several books contributing to [[Marxism|Marxist theory]], Lenin was responsible for the development of the understanding of the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] phenomenon in capitalist mode of production and was a key figure in the [[October Revolution of 1917|1917 revolution]] that led to the establishment of the [[Soviet Union]].
-== Life ==
+==History==
-Lenin was born April 22, 1870, in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk), Russia. His father, Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, was an inspector of the public schools of Simbirsk Province. In his student years Lenin came into conflict with the authorities for his activities in Marxist circles.
-In 1895 Lenin united the Marxist workers’ study circles of St. Petersburg into the “League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class” which represented the embryo of the revolutionary proletarian party in Russia.
+=== Early life ===
-At the Second Congress of the Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party which took place in July 1903, Lenin, having exposed and isolated the [[Opportunism|opportunist]] trend of economism, made possible the victory of revolutionary Marxism and united around himself the group known as the “[[Bolshevik Party|Bolsheviks]]”. In the struggle with the [[Menshevik Party|Mensheviks]] during and after the Congress, he worked out the organizational foundations of the Bolshevik Party, a party of a new type.
+== Works ==
-Lenin’s book, ''[[Materialism and Empiriocriticism]]'', which appeared in 1909, made an immense contribution to the task of forming a party of social revolution conceived along new lines. In this book Lenin defended the theoretical foundations of the Marxist dialectical and historical materialism, in a struggle against revisionists, defeatists, and falsifiers, and developed further the philosophy of Marxism, incorporating the results of developments in science since the days of Engels.
+=== ''What is to be done?'' ===
-During World War I, in addition to his other activities, Lenin worked strenuously to develop further the philosophical foundations of Marxism. His philosophical notes, abstracts, and fragments of this period represent an important source of material for Marxist philosophy. These appear in [[Philosophical Notebooks]].
+=== ''Materialism and empiriocriticism'' ===
-In April 1917, Lenin returned to Russia from exile and immediately began preparing the Bolshevik Party for the proletarian revolution which came in November. During the summer he completed his celebrated work, ''The state and revolution'', in which he developed further the teachings of [[Marx]] and [[Engels]] on the [[Dictatorship of the Proletariat|dictatorship of the proletariat]].
+=== ''Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism'' ===
-With the establishment of the Soviet Republic, Lenin threw his full energies into organizing the new socialist state, winning the support of the peasantry for the new order, and conducting a successful struggle against the forces of [[counter-revolution]] and foreign intervention. In 1919, as a result of many years of work, the [[Third Communist International]] was established, reviving the best traditions of the revolutionary struggles of the working class.
+=== ''The state and revolution'' ===
-At the conclusion of the Civil War, Lenin organized and directed the work of reconstructing the Soviet national economy, effected the transition from [[war communism]] to the “[[New Economic Policy]]” and carried on a struggle against the [[Leon Trotsky|Trotskyites]], [[Nikolai Bukharin|Bukharinites]], and other enemies of Bolshevism who were undermining the unity and sapping the fighting strength of the Party.
+=== ''“Left-wing” communism: an infantile disorder'' ===
-The difficult conditions of Lenin’s life in the days of tsarism, his inhumanly strenuous practical and theoretical work, together with the serious wound he received from a would-be assassin in 1918, overtaxed the strength of the great leader and shortened his life. He died on January 21, 1924.
+==Bibliography==
+<ol style="list-style-type:disc">
+<li>{{Textcite|author=Institute of Marxism–Leninism of the CC CPSU|year=1983|title=Lenin: a biography|pdf=|lg=http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=EB243CBDFE643F26EEB1360F866F261F|city=Moscow|publisher=Progress Publishers}}
+<li>
+</ol>
 ==References==
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+<references group="note" />
 [[Category:Communists]]
 [[Category:People]]
 [[Category:Russians]]

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Владимир Ильич Ленин
Photo of comrade Lenin
Born	Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870-04-22)22 April 1870 Simbirsk, Russian Empire
Died	21 January 1924(1924-01-21) (aged 53) Gorki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian Soviet
Political orientation	Marxism (developed what is now known as Marxism-Leninism)