Andy Warhol’s choice to immortalize Vladimir ... image — Lenin becomes something even more potent: an icon untethered from ...

Soviet Union founder Lenin is depicted in a huge portrait A life-size portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the former state are going up for auction.

Vladimir Ilyich ... Famed for Art Nouveau décor that has changed little in a century—chandeliers, brass fittings and marble-sheathed walls—the Odeon was one of Lenin’s favorite spots ...