Let it be admitted that Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was consequential. One of the most consequential people in history.

A century after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union is largely an afterthought in modern Russia.

FILE – Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union is shown in at work at an unknown location of Russia in 1918. Shortly after his death in 1924, a poet proclaimed words that thrilled the ...

Time heals all wounds, it is said, and that certainly is the case in Russia. Moscow has unveiled a new statue of Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, better known as Joseph Stalin, or “Uncle Joe” to ...

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Twenty-three years had passed since Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s death. Two scientists last week assured the ikon-loving Russians: “We are convinced that Lenin’s body will remain in its present ...

“As a result of Bolshevik policy, Soviet Ukraine arose, which even today can with good reason be called ‘Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s Ukraine.’ He is the author and the architect,” Putin said.

A century later, the once-omnipresent image of Vladimir Lenin is largely an afterthought in modern Russia, despite those famous lines by revolutionary writer Vladimir Mayakovsky.

“As a result of Bolshevik policy, Soviet Ukraine arose, which even today can with good reason be called ‘Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s Ukraine.’ He is the author and the architect,” Putin said.