Vladimir Lenin

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Vladimir Lenin
Historical Figure
Timeline:	OTL
Nationality:	Soviet Union (born in Russia)
Religion:	Atheist
Date of Birth:	1870
Date of Death:	1924
Cause of Death:	Stroke
Occupation:	Politician, Revolutionary, Author
Spouse:	Nadezhda Krupskaya
Affiliations:	Bolshevik Party
Timeline:	The Gladiator (posthumous references)
Timeline:	Worldwar (posthumous references)
Timeline:	A World of Difference (posthumous references)

Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) was the first premier of the Soviet Union.

Lenin, a communist, opposed Russia's involvement in World War I and believed in the proletarian revolution called for by Karl Marx. During the war, he participated in the Russian Revolution as leader of the Bolshevik faction. He was thus involved in the regicide against Tsar Nicholas II. He led the Bolsheviks during an ensuing power struggle in which he was opposed by most western governments. Under his leadership, the Bolsheviks came to dominate Russian politics, and Lenin was proclaimed premier of the new Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922.

He was also a political theorist whose works would rival Marx's in their influence over future generations of communists.

Lenin died at age 53 in January of 1924. Officially, his cause of death was a series of strokes which he'd suffered over the last two years of his life. He was succeeded as Premier of the Soviet Union by Joseph Stalin.

[edit] Vladimir Lenin in The Gladiator

Vladimir Lenin was one of the great heroes of an alternate where the Soviet Union won the Cold War.

[edit] Vladimir Lenin in Worldwar

Vladmir Lenin was despised by the Race for his role in the death of the Tsar. The Race saw its own emperors as sacred and expected all other people to behave similarly when their Conquest Fleet first arrived on Tosev 3.

Office
Preceded by none (Nicholas II as Emperor of Russia till 1917)	General Secretary of the Communist Party (de facto leader) of theSoviet Union 1922-1924	Succeeded by Joseph Stalin (OTL, Worldwar); Leon Trotsky (Joe Steele)