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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; Владимир Ильич Ленин
	Photo of comrade Lenin
Born	Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov; 22 April 1870; Simbirsk, Russian Empire
Died	21 January 1924 (aged 53); Gorki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian; Soviet
Political orientation	Marxism (developed what is now known as Marxism–Leninism)
Political party	Russian Social Democratic Labor Party

Communism and the family
Communism and the family
Author	Alexandra Kollontai
Written in	1920
Type	Essay

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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov^[a] (22 April 1870 — 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary leader, political and economic theorist, philosopher and statesman. He was the main leader of the October Revolution, which led to the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the first workers' and peasants' state.

Lenin's main contribution to Marxist theory was his theory of imperialism, the domination of monopolies and cartels. In many of his works, he also contributed greatly to the development of a Marxist praxis, the strategy and tactics of the revolution, the Marxist theory of state, and the structuring of a proletarian organization through democratic centralism.

Lenin's political and theoretical activity, his writings of the 1890s and the beginning of the 20th century, his resolute struggle against opportunism and revisionist attempts to distort Marxist theory, and his struggle for the creation of a revolutionary political party is considered the Leninist contribution to Marxism, now commonly referred to as Marxism–Leninism.

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Владимир Ильич Ленин
Photo of comrade Lenin
Born	Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870-04-22)22 April 1870 Simbirsk, Russian Empire
Died	21 January 1924(1924-01-21) (aged 53) Gorki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian Soviet
Political orientation	Marxism (developed what is now known as Marxism–Leninism)
Political party	Russian Social Democratic Labor Party