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Person    | Male  Born 22/4/1870  Died 21/1/1924

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: Russia

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Founder of the USSR. Born and died in Russia. Political theorist and Communist revolutionary. Reviewing a book on Lenin in the Observer, 23 October 2016, Nigel Jones wrote: "... once in power Lenin proved a tyrannical, murderous despot ...". Visited London 6 times between 1902 and 1911. Big fan of the British Museum and its Library. has a very readable page about Lenin in London.

Lenin died at his dacha, just outside Moscow. Since then his body has been on display in the specially constructed Lenin's Mausoleum on Red Square.

From : Theme song for Lenin: "I was born under a squandering Tsar".

Surely the most inaccessible statue of anyone is Lenin's bust at the .

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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

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Lenin - Holford Gardens - bust

This memorial was given to the people of Finsbury by the Russian Embassy in L...

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Lenin - Holford Gardens - plaque

The British Pathe commentator says the plaque will eventually be sent to Russ...

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Lenin - Percy Circus - lost

This photo, the only close-up image we can find of this lost plaque, is from ...

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Lenin - Percy Circus - second

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, 1870 - 1924, founder of the USSR, stayed in 19...

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Lenin - Tavistock Place

Lenin stayed at this address (formerly numbered 21) in 1908 whilst reading at...

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