Vladimir Lenin

Lenin, Vladimir Ilich (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary and political theoretician, who was the creator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and headed its first government.

Vladimir Lenin Life

Lenin, originally named Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, was born in Simbirsk, the son of a successful government official. Read about Vladimir Lenin history here.

Evaluation

Although not an extraordinary philosopher, Lenin was a brilliant revolutionary thinker and strategist, whose clear-sighted realism guided the Bolsheviks to seize and maintain power. He did not formulate any one solution to the dilemma of how to build a workers’ state in a peasant society. His interpreters and critics differ. Some see a continuity between Lenin’s early ideas and those of Stalin, while others stress the pluralistic New Economic Policy that he advocated in the last years of his life. Most observers agree, however, that Lenin was the foremost revolutionary figure of 20th-century Europe.

Source: “Lenin, Vladimir Ilich”Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia

See Also

Bolshevism
Karl Marx
Socialist Legal Systems
Government Censorship
Absolutism
Overthrow of Government
Communism
Communist Parties
International
Russian Revolution