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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , 1870-1924, Russian revolutionary, the founder of Bolshevism and the major force behind the Revolution of Oct., 1917. Early Life Born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, at Simbirsk (later called Ulyanovsk in his honor), he was the son of a school and civil service official and... Read more
Comintern
Comintern [acronym for Communist International], name given to the Third International , founded at Moscow in 1919. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin feared a resurgence of the Second, or Socialist, International under non-Communist leadership. The Comintern was established to claim Communist leadership of ... Read more
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels , 1820-95, German socialist; with Karl Marx , one of the founders of modern Communism. The son of a wealthy Rhenish textile manufacturer, Engels went in 1842 to take a position in a factory near Manchester, England, in which his father had an interest. In 1844, while passing throug... Read more
International
International any of a succession of international socialist and Communist organizations of the 19th and 20th cent. The First International The First International was founded in London in 1864 as the International Workingmen's Association. Karl Marx was a key figure in inspiring its cr... Read more
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky , 1879-1940, Russian Communist revolutionary, one of the principal leaders in the establishment of the USSR; his original name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein. Early Career Trotsky was born of Jewish parents in the S Ukraine. His father, a prosperous farmer, sent him to Odessa, w... Read more
Marxism
Marxism economic and political philosophy named for Karl Marx . It is also known as scientific (as opposed to utopian) socialism. Marxism has had a profound impact on contemporary culture; modern communism is based on it, and most modern socialist theories derive from it (see socialism ). It ha... Read more
communism
communism fundamentally, a system of social organization in which property (especially real property and the means of production) is held in common. Thus, the ejido system of the indigenous people of Mexico and the property-and-work system of the Inca were both communist, although the former wa... Read more
Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution violent upheaval in Russia in 1917 that overthrew the czarist government. Causes The revolution was the culmination of a long period of repression and unrest. From the time of Peter I (Peter the Great), the czardom increasingly became an autocratic bureaucracy that im... Read more

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Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law LENIN, VLADIMIR ILYICH Vladimir Ilyich Lenin founded the Russian Communist party and led the 1917 Russian Revolution, which placed the Bolshevik party in charge of the government. The establishment of the Soviet Union can be traced to Lenin...
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , 1870-1924, Russian revolutionary, the founder of Bolshevism...major force behind the Revolution of Oct., 1917. Early Life Born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, at Simbirsk (later called Ulyanovsk in his honor), he...
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov see Lenin .
Russian and Soviet leaders
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Ministers 2 1917–24 2 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (b. Ulyanov) 1924...Yeltsin 2000–  Vladimir Putin Russian Prime Minister 1991...Primakov 1999–2000 Vladimir Putin 2000– ...
Russian Federation
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...family from 1721. The founder of the Soviet Union was Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870 – 1924). On the ideological...Yeltsin resigned from office on December 31, 1999. Vladimir Putin (b. 1952) became acting president of Russia...
Stalin, Joseph
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...escaped six times. He aligned himself with the Bolshevik faction of the party, which was under the leadership of vladimir ilyich lenin. Lenin named Stalin to the Bolshevik's Central Committee in 1912 and in 1913 named him editor of the party...
Leon Trotsky
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the head jailer of the Odessa prison in which he had earlier been held. He went to London and collaborated with Vladimir Ilyich Lenin on the revolutionary journal Iskra [spark]. After the split (1903) in the Russian Social Democratic party...
International
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Russian Revolution (1917), a Third, or Communist, International was created (1919). Under the leadership of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , this Communist International, or Comintern , hoped to foster world revolution. The Comintern was not generally...
communism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...society in which all goods will be socially owned. The theories of the movement come from Karl Marx , as modified by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , leader of the successful Communist revolution in Russia. Communism, in this sense, is to be distinguished...
Communist party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...congress (1903) in Brussels and London split into factions of Bolshevism and Menshevism . The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , demanded a highly disciplined, centralized, and dedicated revolutionary elite rather than a mass party...

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Lenin (Ulyanov), Vladimir Ilyich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Lenin (Ulyanov), Vladimir Ilyich ( b. Simbirsk, Russia [now Ulyanovsk, U.S.S.R.], 22 April 1870; d. Gorki, near Moscow, U.S.S.R., 21 January...
W.R.: Mysterije Organizma
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...c (Milena ); Jagoder Kaloper (Jagoder ); Zoran Radmilovíc (Radmilovíc ); Vica Vidovic (Vladimir Ilyich ); Miodrag Andríc (Soldier ); Tuli Kupferberg (Guerilla soldier in New York City ); Jackie Curtis...
Lenin
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology Lenin ( Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ) (1870–1924) A Marxist theoretician and revolutionary, born in Russia, whose early life was characterized...

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Vladimir Ilyich strikes a pose
Magazine article from: Mother Jones; 5/1/2001; ; 464 words ; ...turning the place into a Communist shrine. The tone of the tour guide's patter is hard to pin down. "This is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, known as Lenin," the young woman says. "He is responsible for the genocide of 200,000 people. We...
Arguments through the ages; Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: `Peace to the hovels, war on the palaces!'.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/23/2001; 700+ words ; Editor's note: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), leader of the Communist revolution in Russia and first premier of the Soviet Union, spent much of World...
Vladimir Ilyich Harper.(Opinion)
Newspaper article from: The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario); 9/24/2008; 700+ words ; Byline: Thomas Walkom The unusual aspect of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's crime platform is not that he wants to put 14-year-olds in jail for life. Those who have been paying attention know that his Conservatives are apoplectic about young offenders. Rather, it's his willingness to campaign front
Vladimir Ilyich Leighton
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/29/2005; ; 528 words ; HOW'S THIS for contradictory statements? Alan Johnson says he would "rule out privatisation, full stop'' of the Royal Mail. But he may be interested in pursuing Allan Leighton's proposals for changing the ownership of the lumbering letters and parcels business. And how's this for a laugh? Johnson
Ukraine's Ilyich steel plant gains control of coal mine.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 1/15/2007; 462 words ; ...mine KYIV. Jan 15 (Interfax) - The Ilyich Metallurgical Works of Mariupol, one...which will make the mine profitable, Ilyich CEO Vladimir Boiko said. A source at the company told Interfax that Ilyich acquired control of the mine at the...
High ore prices might force shutdown at Ukraine's Ilyich steel plant.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 3/13/2008; 700+ words ; ...the iron ore price hike for Ilyich will be 68%. Regular iron...that at the start of the year Ilyich was forced to sign the contract...Industrial Policy Minister Vladimir Severnyuk said his ministry...companies. However, he urged Ilyich to send a letter to the Antimonopoly...
Ukraine's Ilyich steel plant expects pretax profit of 1.6 bln hryvni for 2005.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 2/7/2006; 466 words ; Ukraine's Ilyich steel plant expects pretax...Feb 7 (Interfax) - The Ilyich Metallurgical Works of Mariupol...company chief executive Vladimir Boiko said at a press conference...said. Boiko also said the Ilyich plant has reduced gas consumption...
Obituary: Vladimir Yashchenko
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/8/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Yashchenko. As the two-day meet neared its conclusion, Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko, an 18-year-old Ukrainian, shattered...career was effectively over before his 20th birthday. Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko, athlete: born 12 January 1959; died...
MOSCOW, POST-1924.(care of Vladimir Lenin's embalmed body)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 3/8/1999; 471 words ; Like his father before him, Prof. Ilya Borisovich Zbarsky spent 18 years tending to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's embalmed body. Two or three times a week we would wash the body with a special solution to remove mold and blemishes...
El origen del nombre Lenin.(Vladimir Lenin, mandatario soviético)(Artículo breve)
Magazine article from: Contenido; 11/1/2005; 427 words ; El revolucionario ruso Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, alias Lenin --fundador de la extinta Unin Sovitica--, jams aclar de dnde tom su apelativo. Segn una versin, lo...