Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади мир Ильи ч Улья нов; IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɪˈlʲitɕ ʊˈlʲanəf] ( listen)), alias Lenin (/ˈlɛnɪn/; Russian: Ле нин; IPA: [ˈlʲenʲɪn]) (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924) was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as head of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917, and of the Soviet Union from 1922...
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади мир Ильи ч Улья нов; IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɪˈlʲitɕ ʊˈlʲanəf] ( listen)), alias Lenin (/ˈlɛnɪn/; Russian: Ле нин; IPA: [ˈlʲenʲɪn]) (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924) was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as head of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917, and of the Soviet Union from 1922...