Ruler · Twentieth century · Russia

Vladimir Lenin

1870–1924

Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, 1870 to 1924, born Vladimir Ulyanov, who created the first communist state. He seized power in Russia in October 1917, pulled Russia out of World War I, and won the civil war that followed. His New Economic Policy of 1921 retreated from full communism to save the economy.

Facts

Born: 1870, Simbirsk.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vladimir Lenin
Died: 1924, Gorki, near Moscow.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vladimir Lenin
Office: Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars 1917 to 1924.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vladimir Lenin
Known for: The October Revolution (1917) and the founding of the Soviet Union (1922).; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vladimir Lenin

Images

Vladimir Lenin in 1920, photograph (Wikimedia Commons)

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RulerJoseph Stalin1878–1953 CountryRussia1991–

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