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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Владимир Ильич Ленин
Photo of comrade Lenin
Born
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

(1870-04-22)22 April 1870
Simbirsk, Russian Empire
Died21 January 1924(1924-01-21) (aged 53)
Gorki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Soviet
Political orientationMarxism (developed what is now known as Marxism-Leninism)

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 (1870–1889)

Early revolutionary activities (1889–1904)

Revolutions in Russia (1905–1917)

Soviet government (1918–1923)

Declining health and death (1923–1924)

Works

The development of capitalism in Russia (1899)

What is to be done? (1901)

Materialism and empiriocriticism (1909)

Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism (1916)

The state and revolution (1917)

“Left-wing” communism: an infantile disorder (1920)

Bibliography

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

References