I am not fond of the Germans by any means but at the present time it is more advantageous to use them than to challenge them. An independent Poland i… - Vladimir Lenin

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I am not fond of the Germans by any means but at the present time it is more advantageous to use them than to challenge them. An independent Poland is very dangerous to Soviet Russia: it is an evil which, however, at the present time has also its redeeming features; for while it exists, we may safely count on Germany, because the Germans hate Poland and will at any time make common cause with us in order to strangle Poland. … Everything teaches us to look upon Germany as our most reliable ally. Germany wants revenge, and we want revolution. For the moment our aims are the same. When our ways part they will be our most ferocious and our great enemies. Time will tell whether a German hegemony or a Communist federation is to arise out of the ruins of Europe.

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About Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ленин), born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ульянов) (22 April 1870 (10 April (O.S.)) – 21 January 1924) was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik communist party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union and the main theorist of Leninism. He married the revolutionary Nadezhda Krupskaya in 1898.

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Pen Names: Ленин Ильин Н. Ленин Старик К. Тулин Lenin
Native Name: Владимир Ильич Ленин
Alternative Names: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Vladimir Il'ich Lenin Vladimir Il'ich Ul'yanov V. I. Ul'yanov V. I. Lenin Vladimir Ulyanov Vladimir Ul'yanov V. I. Ulyanov Vl llyin Владимир Ильич Ульянов

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