Vladimir Lenin

I recognized the man instantaneously: Vladimir Lenin, the one who changed the course of the 20th century, the leader of the Russian Revolution, the founder of the Soviet Union.

Edward Goldman: Big, Steely, Shiny and, Thank God, It's Not Jeff Koons Edward Goldman 2012

I recognized the man instantaneously: Vladimir Lenin, the one who changed the course of the 20th century, the leader of the Russian Revolution, the founder of the Soviet Union.

Edward Goldman: Big, Steely, Shiny and, Thank God, It's Not Jeff Koons Edward Goldman 2012

Jerome Delay/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images In the early 1990s, it was Vladimir Lenin's turn; his statues came down as the Soviet Union disintegrated.

As Leaders Go, So Go Their Statues 2011

I recognized the man instantaneously: Vladimir Lenin, the one who changed the course of the 20th century, the leader of the Russian Revolution, the founder of the Soviet Union.

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Reuters Moldova's separatist Transnistria has adopted the trappings of Soviet-style nationhood, with prominent images of the hammer and sickle and Vladimir Lenin.

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Associated Press A a giant head of Vladimir Lenin was removed from a square in the Slovakian town of Zilina in 1990, after the country's move to democracy.

As Leaders Go, So Go Their Statues 2011

James T. Areddy/The Wall Street Journal In Sukbhataar Square, the giant portrait of Vladimir Lenin is long gone, and the statue of Genghis Khan put in its place almost four years ago is a clear reminder of the eight-century-old nation's proud roots, including its dominion of China.

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Theremin, a Russian scientist, was endorsed by the Soviet leader, Vladimir Lenin.

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Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin used the term after the 1917 revolution to describe the czarist bureaucracy and army, which he targeted for liquidation.

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Transnistria's official crest displays the hammer and sickle, red star and sheaves of wheat that once adorned emblems of the U.S.S.R. Statues of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin dot public squares.

In This Tiny Land, Some Wish They Were Back in the U.S.S.R. Gordon Fairclough 2011