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Vladimir Lenin

1870 - 1924

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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death in 1924, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death. As the founder and leader of the Bolsheviks, Lenin led the October Revolution which established the world's first socialist state. His government won the Russian Civil War and created a one-party state under the Communist Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Lenin is the 15th most popular politician (down from 11th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Russian Politician.

Vladimir Lenin is most famous for the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which led to the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vladimir Lenin ranks 15 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis XIV of France, Joseph Stalin, Akbar, Augustus, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Indira Gandhi. After him are Saladin, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Kublai Khan, Qin Shi Huang, George VI, and Franz Joseph I of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Vladimir Lenin ranks 1. After him are Maria Montessori, Alfred Adler, Christian X of Denmark, Sophia of Prussia, Franz Lehár, Jules Bordet, Jean Baptiste Perrin, Adolf Loos, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and Ivan Bunin. Among people deceased in 1924, Vladimir Lenin ranks 1. After him are Franz Kafka, Giacomo Puccini, Anatole France, Woodrow Wilson, Louis Sullivan, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Joseph Conrad, Gabriel Fauré, Alfred Marshall, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Lenin ranks 3 out of 3,761. Before him are Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821), and Immanuel Kant (1724). After him are Vladimir Putin (1952), Leo Tolstoy (1828), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840), Nicholas II of Russia (1868), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), Kim Jong-il (1941), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Yuri Gagarin (1934), and Dmitri Mendeleev (1834).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Vladimir Lenin ranks 1. After him are Vladimir Putin (1952), Nicholas II of Russia (1868), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), Kim Jong-il (1941), Peter the Great (1672), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Ivan the Terrible (1530), Boris Yeltsin (1931), Yuri Andropov (1914), Alexander II of Russia (1818), and Alexander III of Russia (1845).

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