Gorbachev justified his "restructuring" or perestroika by invoking the Soviet Union's founding father, Vladimir Lenin. He did so, however, by observing that the historical Lenin had pragmatically ...

A life-size portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the former state are going up for auction. Described as "monumental", they will be up for sale at Wotton ...

In reality, Lenin was being deceitful. The starving people of the Volga region, Kazakhstan, and especially southern Ukraine ...

Gorbachev justified his “restructuring” or perestroika by invoking the Soviet Union’s founding father, Vladimir Lenin. He did so, however, by observing that the historical Lenin had ...

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

In the Soviet Union, however, most citizens found it difficult to think historically about Lenin because, under the conditions of dictatorship, open public debate based on factual information ...