Lenin

[ len-in; Russian lye-nyin ]

/ ˈlɛn ɪn; Russian ˈlyɛ nyɪn /

noun

V(la·di·mir) I(l·yich)

[vlad-uh-meer il-yich; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/, Vladimir Ilyich UlyanovN. Lenin, 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.

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Stalin, now one of the top men in the party, was sent there by Lenin to ensure that grain was getting shipped to Moscow.
Kotkin Biography Reveals Stalin's Evil Pragmatism|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He then waited a beat and deadpanned: “Yes I am an admirer of Lenin.”
The Bolshevik Who Thinks ‘The Nation’ Is Too Left Wing|Eli Lake|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
En route to California, he reportedly tossed his works of Lenin overboard, to avoid trouble from the U.S. authorities.
Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75|Katie Baker|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last April, Kishinets invited every Donetsk lover of a healthy lifestyle, as he put it, to do Tai Bo exercises in Lenin Square.
A Coffin Convoy to Russia|Anna Nemtsova|May 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

During the Maidan campaign, many monuments paying tribute to Lenin were destroyed.
Inside ‘Maidan’: Sergei Loznitsa on His Ukrainian Uprising Doc and Putin’s ‘Fascist’ Regime|Richard Porton|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lenin, on the other hand, derides the mere counting of heads.
The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs|Lucien Wolf
Even Lenin impressed her and Berkman as callous and unsympathetic.
Emma Goldman|Charles A. Madison
Lenin had been instructed to seek to undermine by all means the confidence of the Russian people in the Provisional Government.
The Russian Turmoil|Anton Ivanovich Denikin
It is the menace of fanatic armies, drunken with phrases and sweeping forward under Lenin like a Muscovite scourge.
The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin
It was not until well into 1918 that I myself began to worry about Lenin.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, September 29th, 1920|Various

British Dictionary definitions for lenin

Lenin

/ (ˈlɛnɪn) /

noun

Vladimir Ilyich (vlaˈdimir iljˈjitʃ), original surname Ulyanov. 1870–1924, Russian statesman and Marxist theoretician; first premier of the Soviet Union. He formed the Bolsheviks (1903) and led them in the October Revolution (1917), which established the Soviet Government. He adopted the New Economic Policy (1921) after the Civil War had led to the virtual collapse of the Russian economy, formed the Comintern (1919), and was the originator of the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union, Marxism-Leninism. After the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, many statues of Lenin were demolished

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Word Origin and History for lenin

Lenin

pseudonym or alias chosen c.1902 (for publishing clandestine political works in exile) by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Il'ich Ulyanov (1870-1924). Related: Leninist (1917); Leninism (1918).

Culture definitions for lenin

Lenin

[ (len-in) ]

A Russian revolutionary leader of the early twentieth century, highly honored in the former Soviet Union as the founder of the modern Soviet state. Lenin, a founder of the Bolshevik party, contributed much to the success of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Lenin held that a dedicated group of intellectuals had to spearhead the revolution. He became chief of government of the Soviet Union after the revolution and served until his death in 1924. Joseph Stalin succeeded him. Lenin's real name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov.

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