Lenin spent much more than he was earning, but also adhered to an ascetic lifestyle. Before the Russian Revolution of 1917 made him the head of a new state, Lenin relied on odd jobs, publications - ...

“Marxism will be able to do everything. Why do you think Lenin’s lying there in Moscow still all intact? He’s awaiting Science – he wants to rise again!” — “The Foundation Pit”, Andrey Platonov ...

As Russia marks the centenary of the 1917 revolution that swept Vladimir Lenin to power, it might be time to give the late leader of the world's first communist state a proper burial. That’s what a ...

Russian approval of Vladimir Lenin is peaking as the centennial of his rise to power approaches, independent pollster the Levada Center has found. The majority of Russians (56 percent) view the ...

MOSCOW – His party's power is long gone, his ideas mostly discredited — but Vladimir Lenin's visage remains a fixture in much of the former Soviet Union. The thousands of statues of him spread across ...

In September 1917, Russia’s collapse was imminent. Unbeknown even to the Bolsheviks, they were poised to stage the second Russian Revolution — tragically, the decisive moment that set that great ...

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia—On a misty night 100 years ago this week, a short bald man, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, the Bolshevik leader better known as Lenin, ordered a blank shot fired from the cruiser ...

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Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Bolshevik movement and architect of the October Revolution, is nearing the end of his life, ...

Lenin’s embalmed body has been on display in a mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square since he died in 1924. Lenin’s embalmed body has been on display in a mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square since he died in ...

Lenin's embalmed corpse is one of the biggest attractions in Moscow, drawing a mix of tourists and communists to his tomb. But most Russians agree now, a century after his death, it's time for Lenin ...