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{{Quote|Socialists cannot achieve their great aim without fighting against all oppression of nations.|Vladimir Lenin, ''Socialism and War''}} | {{Quote|Socialists cannot achieve their great aim without fighting against all oppression of nations.|Vladimir Lenin, ''Socialism and War''}} | ||
'''Vladimir Ilyich Lenin''' (April 22nd, 1870 - January 21st, 1924) was a Russian | '''Vladimir Ilyich Lenin''' (April 22nd, 1870 - January 21st, 1924) was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as the leader of the Russian SFSR from 1917, and then concurrently as Premier of the Soviet Union from 1922, until his death. Politically a Marxist, his theoretical contributions to Marxist thought are known as Leninism, which coupled with Marxian economic theory have collectively come to be known as Marxism–Leninism. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the Soviet Union. | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== |