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'''Vladimir Ilyich Lenin''' (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), was a [[Russia]]n [[revolutionary]], author, lawyer, economic theorist, [[political philosopher]], creator of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet Communist Party]], [[leader]] of the [[October Revolution|1917 October Revolution]], and founder of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|USSR]]. As head of the [[Bolsheviks]] (1917–1924) he led the [[Red Army]] to victory in the [[Russian Civil War]], before establishing the world's first officially [[Socialism (Marxism)|socialist]] state. | |||
As a theorist, his extensive theoretical and [[philosophy|philosophical]] contributions to [[Marxism]] produced [[Leninism]].<ref>Триумф и Трагедия И. В. Сталин: политический портрет. (''Triumph and Tragedy – I. V. Stalin : A Political Portrait'') Дмитрий Волкогонов (Dmitriy Volkogonov). Book 1, Part 1, pp. 95–114. Новости Publications. Moscow. 1989.</ref> As the principal founder of the first socialist state he is without peer in the practical application of that theory and his early death is widely credited as the subjective factor ultimately responsible for the degeneration of the Russian Revolution into the Stalinist state.<ref>[http://www.socialistappeal.org/faq/stalinism.html ''The Rise of Stalinsim''] socialistappeal.org</ref><ref>[http://www.marxists.org/archive/james-clr/works/world/ch07.htm ''Stalin Kills the 1923 Revolution''] C.L.R. James, §: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 1923 </ref><ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/200002280021 ''The [[New Statesman]] Interview - [[Barbara Castle]]'' ] </ref> | |||
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==Early life and background== | ==Early life and background== | ||
Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ({{lang-rus|Владимир Ильич Ульянов}}) on {{OldStyleDate|22 April|1870|10 April}} in the town of [[Simbirsk]] in the [[Russian Empire]]. Simbirsk, a rural town on the [[River Volga]] nearly 1,500 miles from the capital [[Saint Petersburg]], would be renamed upon Ulyanov's death fifty-four years later as "Ulyanovsk" in his honour. That same year, Saint Petersburg itself would be renamed Leningrad after Ulyanov's better-known [[Pseudonym|cadre name]]. [[File:Lenin Age 4.jpg|left|thumb|135px|"Volodya", aged three]] | Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ({{lang-rus|Владимир Ильич Ульянов}}) on {{OldStyleDate|22 April|1870|10 April}} in the town of [[Simbirsk]] in the [[Russian Empire]]. Simbirsk, a rural town on the [[River Volga]] nearly 1,500 miles from the capital [[Saint Petersburg]], would be renamed upon Ulyanov's death fifty-four years later as "Ulyanovsk" in his honour. That same year, Saint Petersburg itself would be renamed Leningrad after Ulyanov's better-known [[Pseudonym|cadre name]]. [[File:Lenin Age 4.jpg|left|thumb|135px|"Volodya", aged three]] | ||
