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Vladimir Lenin
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Vladimir Lenin

Politician · born April 22, 1870 · died 1924

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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924.

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  1. ~46Notable work: Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism1916

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