Lenin
[ len-in; Russian lye-nyin ]
/ ˈlɛn ɪn; Russian ˈlyɛ nyɪn /
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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 Ulyanov; "N. Lenin", 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
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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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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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