V. Lenin, N, Krupskaya and A. Yelizarova in Gorki. Fall, 1922.
V. Lenin and N. Krupskaya in Gorki. Fall, 1922.
Vladimir Lenin with his nephew Victor in Gorki, 1922.
Vladimir Lenin in Gorki, 1922.
V. Lenin and N. Krupskaya by a telescope in Gorki, 1922.
V. Lenin during a plenary session of of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Moscow, October 5th, 1922.
Vladimir Lenin in his office in the Kremlin. October 5th, 1922.
Vladimir Lenin. October 4th, 1922.
Vladimir Lenin in his office in the Kremlin. October 4th, 1922.
Vladimir Lenin being sick in Gorki. 1923.
Vladimir Lenin in Gorki. Summer, 1923.
via humus
stalin was father of modern russia!
west country and west’s running dog to demonize comrade stalin!
Learn English good, comrade!
english is not a socialist language!
he can’t not!
I think he’s made his point clear “comrade”
dont try to be a smart ass
If you didn’t notice: this is a post about Lenin, not Stalin.
BTW – quite a lot of Lenin candid photos, other than those well known and used in propaganda.
Russia – get over it – Lenin is dead (stop this sick propaganda)
Tell that to ER. Nothing to do with Russia in general.
Don’t you know that Lenin will allways live? Lenin lived, Lenin live, Lenin will live forewer!
Despite the official diagnosis of death from stroke consequences, the Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov reported that Lenin died of neurosyphilis, according to a publication by V. Lerner and colleagues in the European Journal of Neurology in 2004.
Interesting pictures, we even learned that Lenin had a cat.
Where is the railroad carriage Germans used during WWI to transport him back to Russia to relieve their Eastern front?
At Finlandiya station, in St.Petersburg.
What a hipocrit, look at his rich family, he was kulak himself lol…
Lenin A to Z: Assassin of children to Zealous tyrant.
Another amoral, bloodthirsty tyrant, still widely worshipped in Russia. (This comment to be deleted by censor). Why is Russia still so paranoid? Why does it require a visa to visit?
With attitudes like that, what do you want a visa for?!!
To keep people like you away. This is our history and we respect it “as is”.
Why does the USA require a visa to visit? Why does Europe require a visa to visit? I can’t think of any country that is visa-free to everyone.
You forgot to mention, those early photo’s of him at the train station in 1917, were when the Germans smuggled him into Russia to start the revolution so they would get out of the war.
Sadly many Russians are educated to believe that Stalin was not the cruel murdered or that he was good. Ask anyone whose relatives suffered through Stalin’s purges in the 1930s, Stalin’s engineered famine in Ukraine in the 1930s – all so he could boast and wave swords at the expense of the working people. Stalin was nothing but a murderer, a coward and a beast.
Sadly that you think so…Go learn some history, may be it will help.
Sadly many western people are educated to have this disgusting “Let me tell you about your country” attitude.
Thanks for these lovely photos. And in particular for including some of the originals so we can see how the Stalinists airbrushed their old Bolshevik enemies out of history.
Alexander Bogdanov was a brilliant polymath; Gorky is just above Lenin watching intently with his chin in his hand. Both later fell out of favor with Lenin. Lenin should have formed a coalition government in 1918 with the Left SR’s, Mensheviks, and anarchists (Chernov, Dan, etc.) but it was not to be. The “recovery walk” on the 2nd page was after the failed assassination attempt by an anarchist (F. Kaplan). Kamenev and Bukharin had tried to moderate Lenin’s views. Lenin in power met in the Kremlin with H.G. Wells, who was a supporter of socialism… A mixed bag. His unyielding views helped hardliners like Stalin get more power. Can’t change the past.
Hmm, so we get a Lenin bio on the U.S.’s President’s Day? Interesting…
I have nothing against Lenin but I despise Stalin, he was brutal, but without him I don’t think the USSR would have defeated Nazi Germany.
If Stalin had not PURGED so many capable officers the war may have gone quite differently. Shorter perhaps, and less bloody. Stalin was the main reason Russia’s armies were not mobilized sooner, in the face of Nazi aggression.
I rather think Russia won their Great Patriotic War despite Stalin’s “leadership”.
Do not underestimate.
Rather than help the USSR win the war, Stalin may actually have done more to hinder the war effort.
He was a great man. Better than any Monarchist or anyone in the Provisional Government. But yes, he was stubborn like ALL people in power.
What do all the abusers know about Lenin, about Russia before Lenin? Several wars lost, millions people fighting in WWI, millions have no food, no money. And then, in a couple of years after revolution – new factories, power stations etc. Go read some books, for example H.G. Wells, and think of it. Hardly.
There is no hint of doubt in this man’s face, from even the earliest age. Otherwise he appears utterly normal, unassuming, even. But it is that complete absence of even the slightest whiff of self doubt that gives the game away. Beware those who are utterly convinced of things, for they inevitably lead us into chaos, destruction, and ultimately, death.
Stalin, Lenin, Beria, Kruschev…all incompetent decision makers who butchered and raped the citizens of the Soviet Union. Look it up all this information is free to read. History is full of bad decision making by people more interested in holding on to power while making a string of bad decisions…Hitler…Napoleon etc etc People chasing a losing streak. I particularly note the NON-RUSSIAN features of Lenin’s father. The Devil’s seed! If the Tsar hadn’t been such a wimp and a dandy then maybe someone could have pre-empted the butchery. The Russians are incredibly tough & resourceful people and I hope they get a lucky break.
a couple of years after the revolution…new factories? those factories and power stations would have happened REGARDLESS of the butchers under Lenin’s orders. All this technology would have happened any way.If the White Army had won…no famine in Ukraine, no gulag to work til death and no pact with Nazi germany leading to big “ambush”. Do not hero worship people who would have executed you and your entire family in the name of some flim-flam politics stirred up by the scum bags described in two hundred years together. A book which (funnily enough) was never translated into english because you-know-who doesn’t want you to know what happened.
You speculate too much.
Father of criminal system
Murderer! It’s hard to conceive of a country idolizing such a diabolical figure. And a hypocrite to boot! He seems to by enjoying the pleasures of the bourgeoisie that he chose for “liquidation.” Criminal scum and only a twisted sick mind would make excuses for his crimes, or those of his lackeys, cronies and fellow TRAITORS!
I’ll just quote Babysitter for this one, “SADLY MANY WESTERN PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED TO HAVE THIS DISGUSTING “LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY” ATTITUDE.”
And if that makes me criminal scum with a twisted sick mind, then so be it.
I have been in his mausoleum once. Same time there was a group of children from kindergarten there. No comments.
There is a guy speaking 5 languages near the entrance, always. You pay him 200RUB and you do not have to stand in queue. Guys from militia are not reacting when you are passing with him. Haha!