Vladimir Lenin
22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924
Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who led the Bolshevik Party to power in the October Revolution of 1917 and became the first head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union. His political theories, known as Leninism, developed Marxist thought and had a profound influence on 20th-century world history.
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Life events
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, later known as Lenin, was born in Simbirsk.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis elder brother was executed for plotting to assassinate Tsar Alexander III, radicalizing the young Lenin.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was arrested for revolutionary activity and exiled to Shushenskoye in Siberia.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe married fellow revolutionary Nadezhda Krupskaya during his Siberian exile.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAt the Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party he led the faction that became the Bolsheviks.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe directed the Bolshevik seizure of power in Petrograd, overthrowing the Provisional Government.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe became Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, leading the new Soviet state.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was shot and seriously wounded by Fanny Kaplan, an event that affected his later health.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLenin died after a series of strokes at his estate in Gorki, near Moscow.
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