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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Also Known As
Pen Names:
Ленин
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Ильин
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Н. Ленин
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Старик
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К. Тулин
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Lenin
Native Name:
Владимир Ильич Ленин
Alternative Names:
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
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Vladimir Il'ich Lenin
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Vladimir Il'ich Ul'yanov
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V. I. Ul'yanov
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V. I. Lenin
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Vladimir Ulyanov
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Vladimir Ul'yanov
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V. I. Ulyanov
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Vl llyin
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Владимир Ильич Ульянов
The exploiting classes need political rule in order to maintain exploitation, i.e., in the selfish interests of an insignificant minority and against the interests of the vast majority of the people. The exploited classes need political rule in order completely to abolish all exploitation, i.e., in the interests of the vast majority of the people, and against the interests of the insignificant minority consisting of the modern slave-owners - the landlords and the capitalists.
A United States of Europe is possible as an agreement between the European capitalists ... but to what end? Only for the purpose of jointly suppressing socialism in Europe
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