The embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, is seen on display in his mausoleum on Moscow's Red Square, Russia, on Wednesday, April 16, 1997.

Yet on Lenin’s sesquicentennial, April 22, the country he created no longer exists and its successor state -- Russia -- seems decidedly uninterested in marking 150 years since his birth.

Lenin’s hold on Russia’s heart is still strong enough that three years ago, the Union of Russian Architects succumbed to a public outcry and canceled a competition soliciting suggestions for ...

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Mr. Brooke has traveled to about 100 countries reporting for the New York Times, Bloomberg, and Voice of America. He reported ...

Russian approval of Vladimir Lenin is peaking as the centennial of his rise to power approaches, independent pollster the Levada Center has found.. The majority of Russians (56 percent) view the ...

IDEAS 100 years after Lenin’s death, his curse still grips Russia The founder of the Soviet Union died in 1924, but his embalmed body remains on display in a country that doesn’t know how to ...

Before the revolution of 1917, Iulii Martov was arguably a more prominent figure in Russia’s socialist movement than Vladimir Lenin or Leon Trotsky. While Lenin and Trotsky saw October 1917 as a ...

The Soviet Order of Lenin seen on top of a building, in Volgograd, Russia, July 15, 2015. The former Soviet leader was accuses of ruining the USSR by Russian President Putin.

A century after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union is largely an afterthought in modern Russia. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...