MOSCOW: For almost a century after his death, Vladimir Lenin´s carefully preserved body has lain in a purpose-built mausoleum on Red Square a glaring reminder of Russia´s communist.
Lenin was a theoretical and political genius who founded the Bolshevik Party and led a revolution that not only transformed Russia and created the Soviet Union, but gave an immense impulse to all the revolutionary political struggles of the 20th century.
The day Lenin passed awayA soldier of the death watch, so runs the story, told his comrades: I did not want toBelieve it. I went inside, andShouted in his
This essay by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North was originally published on April 22, 2020, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Lenin’s birth.
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