Vladimir Lenin

Biography

Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who served as head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. As a Marxist, he developed Leninism, a variant of communist ideology that governed Russia and later the wider Soviet Union under his administration. He played a leading role in the October Revolution, which overthrew the Provisional Government, and his administration redistributed land and nationalized industry.