Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary and founding leader of the USSR, has long been rumored to have said, "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen ...

Such links may persist for decades. A 2022 opinion survey by state-run polling agency VTsIOM found that 29% of Russians believed Lenin’s influence would fade so much that in 50 years he would be ...

People refresh themselves at a fountain on a hot day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 25, 2025, with a statue of the ...

Ted Widmer writes about Lenin’s train ride to St. Petersburg on the eve of the Russian Revolution and the establishment of the U.S.S.R.

The Revolution's most revolutionary filmmaker, Dziga Vertov, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its founder's death in "Three Songs About Lenin," a lyrical documentary mixing new material with ...

Lenin's Critique of Global Capitalism Excerpt from Introduction to International Political Economy by David N. Balaam and Michael Veseth, 2nd ed., 2001, pp. 76-78.

Lenin died on Jan. 21, 1924, at age 53, severely weakened by three strokes. His widow, Nadezhda Krupskaya, wanted him to be buried in a conventional grave.

Lenin died on Jan. 21, 1924, at age 53, severely weakened by three strokes. His widow, Nadezhda Krupskaya, wanted him to be buried in a conventional grave.