To carry on a war for the overthrow of the international bo… - Vladimir Lenin

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To carry on a war for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie, a war which is a hundred times more difficult, protracted and complex than the most stubborn of ordinary wars between states, and to renounce in advance any change of tack, or any utilisation of a conflict of interests (even if temporary) among one’s enemies, or any conciliation or compromise with possible allies (even if they are temporary, unstable, vacillating or conditional allies) — is that not ridiculous in the extreme?

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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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Native Name: Владимир Ильич Ленин

Alternative Names: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin • Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov • Vladimir Il'ich Lenin • Vladimir Il'ich Ul'yanov • Lenin • V. I. Ul'yanov • V. I. Lenin • Vladimir Ulyanov • Vladimir Ul'yanov • V. I. Ulyanov • Vl llyin • Владимир Ильич Ульянов

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