In the space of just nine months in 1917 Russia underwent two revolutions, changing the country's destiny forever. In February the Russian monarchy collapsed. In October, squeezing out the ...

This year is the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution. The man who orchestrated it died 93 years ago, on 21 January 1924. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ushered into the world one of the most brutal ...

David Monteleone’s self-portrait as Lenin in Trelleborg, Sweden, where the Russian revolutionary arrived by ferry from Germany. Davide Monteleone The town of Haparanda, 700 miles north of ...

Lenin’s face is one of the most instantly recognizable symbols of 20th-century political upheaval. A figure of unrelenting ...

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, the architect of Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik revolution, politician and political theorist was considered as one of the most significant and ...

Russia was ruled by Tsars who had ultimate authority on all matters of governance. The oppressive system left no room for change and brewed revolutionary ideas and aspirations. 1905 Revolution ...

The centenary of Vladimir Lenin's death on Sunday is expected to be met with silence from the current occupant of the Kremlin. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get ...

THE LETTERS OF LENIN—Translated & edited by Elizabeth Hill & Doris Mudie— Harcourt, Brace ($4). Of the thousands of letters written by Vladimir Ilich Ulianov in his 54-year life, about 1,000 ...