Before the revolution of 1917, Iulii Martov was arguably a more prominent figure in Russia’s socialist movement than Vladimir ...

Vladimir Lenin was the architect of Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik revolution and the first leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ... the Russian empire, and revolution.

Vladimir Lenin was the founder of the Bolshevik Party in Russia, leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution and a towering political and intellectual figure in the 20th century.

Russians are flocking to catch what some fear could be a final glimpse of the embalmed body of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin before his tomb on Moscow's Red Square, long a place of pilgrimage for ...

Finland remained a part of the Russian Empire as an autonomous Grand Duchy for over a hundred years until Dec. 6, 1917, when it declared independence in the wake of the Russian Revolution led by ...

Vladimir Lenin’s Return Journey to Russia Changed the World Forever On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, our writer set out from Zurich to relive this epic travel ...

MOSCOW, Jan. 22, 1924 (UP) --Lenin is dead. The man who led the Russian revolution and overthrew the long established order of the czar passed away at a moment when his party is beginning to reap ...

Vladimir Lenin, thought of as the greatest revolutionary leader and philosopher since Karl Marx, died on January 21, 1924, almost a century ago.The founder of the Soviet Union was given a state ...

The Revolution came to a peak when communist leader Vladimir Lenin led a full-scale armed conflict against the Tsar, eventually storming their palace and tearing down the government.