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Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov

Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov

9.0
A Russian revolutionary leader who founded the Bolshevik Party and led the 1917 revolution
  • proper noun
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  • In 1917, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov led the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution.

Examples

  • The leadership of Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov profoundly changed the course of Russian and world history.

  • Few political figures have had as lasting an impact as Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov.

  • Who is Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov?

  • The name Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov is well-known.

  • In 1917, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov led the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution.

  • Few political figures have had as lasting an impact as Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov.

  • The leadership of Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov profoundly changed the course of Russian and world history.

Synonyms

Lenin
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85 4.1

Russian political leader who led the 1917 revolution and became the first leader of the Soviet Union

is the full personal name rather than the single-name familiar form
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
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8.5

A Russian revolutionary who led the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and became the first leader of the Soviet Union

uses an alternative transliteration of the same full personal name
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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4.9

A Russian revolutionary leader who led the Bolshevik party and helped start the Soviet Union

uses a different transliteration for the same middle name
Vladimir Ilich Lenin
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6.6

Russian revolutionary leader who led the 1917 revolution and became the first head of the Soviet Union

uses a different transliteration style for that middle name
Vladimir Lenin
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3.9

Russian revolutionary leader who led the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and became the first head of the Soviet Union

includes the middle name and uses the full formal personal name
Nikolai Lenin
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4.9

A Russian political leader who led the 1917 revolution and founded the Soviet state

uses the commonly recorded given name instead of the alternate form

Surface Forms

Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov main

Morphology

Vladimir + Ilich + Ulyanov

This is a full personal name composed of proper-name elements that do not carry compositional lexical meanings a learner can combine to infer the referent. Knowing the constituent name-parts does not allow a B1 learner to deduce that this refers to Lenin or his historical role—world knowledge is required—so the expression is opaque.

Etymology

Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov is the full birth name of the Russian revolutionary better known as 'Lenin'. He led a 1917 revolution with the Bolsheviks and became the first leader of the 'Soviet Union', so the name refers to the man who started that government.