Vladimir Lenin
October Revolution leader
Vladimir Lenin was the Russian revolutionary who led the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 and founded the Soviet state.
His name serves as shorthand for communist revolution and one-party rule.
Leninism denotes his theoretical contributions to Marxism—particularly the vanguard party concept.
A statue of Lenin stood in every Soviet town square.
Year's tenth month
- BolshevikSoviet communist party member
- 1917Late Great War
- PetrogradRussian city name, 1914-24
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
insurrection · provisional government · vanguard · autocracy · Winter Palace · revolutionary · agitator · putsch
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- Das KapitalFoundational socialist economic critique
Marx · Engels · dictatorship of the proletariat · means of production · exploitation · surplus value · materialist · revisionism
Former communist superpower
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
- ChekaFirst Soviet secret police
Politburo · central committee · Pravda · commissar · nationalization · electrification · decrees · party congress
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
- TrotskyExiled Soviet revolutionary leader
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- embalmedPreserved a corpse chemically
- Red SquareMoscow's central plaza
Leningrad · statues · mummified · succession · Bolshevism · icon · veneration · portraits
Political art for causes
- posterDisplayed printed notice
- sloganMemorable promotional phrase
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
- leafletSingle-sheet printed handout
rhetoric · indoctrination · agitator · oratory · speeches · broadsheet · caricature · iconography
October
Year's tenth month
uprising · insurrection · provisional government · vanguard · autocracy · Winter Palace · revolutionary · agitator · putsch · coup
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
Das Kapital · Marx · Engels · dictatorship of the proletariat · means of production · exploitation · surplus value · materialist · revisionism
USSR
Former communist superpower
Cheka · Politburo · central committee · Pravda · commissar · nationalization · electrification · decrees · party congress · cult of personality
Stalin
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
- TrotskyExiled Soviet revolutionary leader
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- embalmedPreserved a corpse chemically
Red Square · Leningrad · statues · mummified · succession · Bolshevism · icon · veneration · portraits · hagiography
agitprop
Political art for causes
leaflet · rhetoric · indoctrination · agitator · oratory · speeches · broadsheet · caricature · iconography · cult
- Political LeadersJoseph Stalin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Mao, Fidel Castro
- Revolutionary LeadersFidel Castro, Simon Bolivar, Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong, Che Guevara
- Ulyanov Family
- communismMarx, Marxism, proletariat, Engels, Stalinism
- socialismMarxism, communism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, communal ownership
- CommunistsMarx, Engels, Stalin, Mao, Trotsky
Vladimir LeninAdam Smith
Classical economics founder
Milton Friedman · Ayn Rand · Ronald Reagan · Margaret Thatcher · capitalism
Vladimir LeninTsar Nicholas II
Final Romanov ruler
Nicholas II · tsarism · Russian aristocracy · absolute monarchy · divine right of kings
Vladimir LeninWhite Russians
Coffee-flavored creamy cocktails