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He served as head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia and then the wider Soviet Union became a one-party communist state governed by the Russian Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist and communist, he developed political theories known as Leninism. </p> <p> Also known as <a href="/profession/10/">Politician</a> </p> </div> <span class="more" id="auhtor_info_more" more="more" less="Less">more</span> <ul class="author__about__options"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin" class="i-wiki" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Wikipedia article about Vladimir Lenin"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Vladimir-LENIN-Leader-of-world-proletariat-520152344688543/" class="i-fb" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Vladimir Lenin Facebook page"></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/thresagu" class="i-tw" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Vladimir Lenin Twitter account"></a></li></ul> </div> </section> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22940/262eeb/">You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a22940/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/22940.v2.jpg" alt="Vladimir Lenin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vladimir Lenin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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But both these facts manifest themselves in extremely diverse processes in different branches of the national economy.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a22940/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/22940.v2.jpg" alt="Vladimir Lenin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vladimir Lenin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="262faf"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="262faf" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a22940/262faf/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20progressive%20historical%20role%20of%20capitalism%20may%20be%20summed%20up%20in%20two%20brief%20propositions:%20increase%20in%20the%20productive%20forces%20of%20social%20labour%2C%20and%20the%20socialisation%20of%20that%20labour.%20But%20both%20these%20facts%20manifest%20themselves%20in%20extremely%20diverse%20processes%20in%20different%20branches%20of%20the%20national%20economy.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa22940%2F262faf%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1423/">Different</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/770/">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/5835/">Historical</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22940/36303f/">Behind the epistemological scholasticism of empirio-criticism one must not fail to see the struggle of parties in philosophy, a struggle which in the last analysis reflects the tendencies and ideology of the antagonistic classes in modern society.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a22940/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/22940.v2.jpg" alt="Vladimir Lenin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vladimir Lenin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="36303f"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="36303f" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a22940/36303f/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Behind%20the%20epistemological%20scholasticism%20of%20empirio-criticism%20one%20must%20not%20fail%20to%20see%20the%20struggle%20of%20parties%20in%20philosophy%2C%20a%20struggle%20which%20in%20the%20last%20analysis%20reflects%20the%20tendencies%20and%20ideology%20of%20the%20antagonistic%20classes%20in%20modern%20society.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa22940%2F36303f%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/450/">Party</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2/">Struggle</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1362/">Philosophy</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22940/1634f7/">Only struggle educates the exploited class. Only struggle discloses to it the magnitude of its own power, widens its horizon, enhances its abilities, clarifies its mind, forges its will.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a22940/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/22940.v2.jpg" alt="Vladimir Lenin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vladimir Lenin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1634f7"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1634f7" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a22940/1634f7/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Only%20struggle%20educates%20the%20exploited%20class.%20Only%20struggle%20discloses%20to%20it%20the%20magnitude%20of%20its%20own%20power%2C%20widens%20its%20horizon%2C%20enhances%20its%20abilities%2C%20clarifies%20its%20mind%2C%20forges%20its%20will.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa22940%2F1634f7%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/128/">Mind</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2/">Struggle</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/76/">Ability</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22940/1634eb/">The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a22940/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/22940.v2.jpg" alt="Vladimir Lenin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vladimir Lenin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1634eb"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1634eb" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a22940/1634eb/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20way%20to%20crush%20the%20bourgeoisie%20is%20to%20grind%20them%20between%20the%20millstones%20of%20taxation%20and%20inflation.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa22940%2F1634eb%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/471/">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3013/">Crush</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2495/">Grind</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22940/062f10/">Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a22940/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/22940.v2.jpg" alt="Vladimir Lenin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vladimir Lenin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="062f10"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="062f10" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a22940/062f10/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Revolution%20can%20never%20be%20forecast%3B%20it%20cannot%20be%20foretold%3B%20it%20comes%20of%20itself.%20Revolution%20is%20brewing%20and%20is%20bound%20to%20flare%20up.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa22940%2F062f10%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/812/">Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/11283/">Bounds</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/27008/">Brewing</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22940/36303b/">Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a22940/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/22940.v2.jpg" alt="Vladimir Lenin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vladimir Lenin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="36303b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="36303b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a22940/36303b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Communism%20is%20Soviet%20power%20plus%20the%20electrification%20of%20the%20whole%20country.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa22940%2F36303b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/103/">Power</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3913/">Communism</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22940/362d94/">When it comes to hang the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a22940/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/22940.v2.jpg" alt="Vladimir Lenin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vladimir Lenin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="362d94"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="362d94" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a22940/362d94/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20it%20comes%20to%20hang%20the%20capitalists%20they%20will%20compete%20with%20each%20other%20to%20sell%20us%20the%20rope%20at%20a%20lower%20price.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa22940%2F362d94%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/790/">Capitalism</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1882/">Capitalist</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/7603/">Rope</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22940/362df5/">Comrades! The kulak uprising in your five districts must be crushed without pity. You must make example of these people. (1) Hang (I mean hang publicly, so that people see it) at least 100 kulaks, rich bastards, and known bloodsuckers. (2) Publish their names. (3) Seize all their grain. (4) Single out the hostages per my instructions in yesterday's telegram. Do all this so that for miles around people see it all, understand it, tremble, and tell themselves that we are killing the bloodthirsty kulaks and that we will continue to do so ...Find tougher people.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a22940/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/22940.v2.jpg" alt="Vladimir Lenin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vladimir Lenin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="362df5"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="362df5" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a22940/362df5/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Comrades%21%20The%20kulak%20uprising%20in%20your%20five%20districts%20must%20be%20crushed%20without%20pity.%20You%20must%20make%20example%20of%20these%20people.%20%281%29%20Hang%20%28I%20mean%20hang%20publicly%2C%20so%20that%20people%20see%20it%29%20at%20least%20100%20kulaks%2C%20rich%20bastards%2C%20and%20known%20bloodsuckers.%20%282%29%20Publish%20their%20names.%20%283%29%20Seize%20all%20their%20grain.%20%284%29%20Single%20out%20the%20hostages%20per%20my%20instructions%20in%20yesterday%27s%20telegram.%20Do%20all%20this%20so%20that%20for%20miles%20around%20people%20see%20it%20all%2C%20understand%20it%2C%20tremble%2C%20and%20tell%20themselves%20that%20we%20are%20killing%20the%20bloodthirsty%20kulaks%20and%20that%20we%20will%20continue%20to%20do%20so%20...Find%20tougher%20people.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa22940%2F362df5%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/237/">War</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/135/">Mean</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22940/1634e7/">I don't care what becomes of Russia. 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All this is only the road to a World Revolution.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a22940/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/22940.v2.jpg" alt="Vladimir Lenin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vladimir Lenin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1634e7"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1634e7" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a22940/1634e7/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20don%27t%20care%20what%20becomes%20of%20Russia.%20To%20hell%20with%20it.%20All%20this%20is%20only%20the%20road%20to%20a%20World%20Revolution.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa22940%2F1634e7%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/159/">Care</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/812/">Revolution</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a22940/062f21/">Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. 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