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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

4.9
A Russian revolutionary leader who led the Bolshevik party and helped start the Soviet Union
  • proper noun
translation icon : Vladimir Ilich Lenin
  • Many historians consider Vladimir Ilyich Lenin a pivotal figure in the Russian Revolution.

Examples

  • Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was instrumental in shaping the course of twentieth-century Russian history.

  • Many cities and landmarks in Russia were named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin during the Soviet era.

  • Students studied the political theories developed by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in their history class.

  • The ideas of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin greatly influenced modern communism.

  • Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was influential in leading the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.

  • The writings of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin are still studied in political science courses worldwide.

  • As the first leader of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin implemented significant economic reforms.

Synonyms

Lenin
vsVladimir Ilyich Lenin
85 4.1

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

gives the full personal and patronymic names rather than the short surname
Vladimir Ilich Lenin
vsVladimir Ilyich Lenin
6.6

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

uses the standard patronymic spelling in most references
Vladimir Lenin
vsVladimir Ilyich Lenin
3.9

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

includes the patronymic while the linked form omits it
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
vsVladimir Ilyich Lenin
8.5

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

uses the public revolutionary surname instead of the legal family name
Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov
vsVladimir Ilyich Lenin
9.0

A Russian revolutionary leader who founded the Bolshevik Party and led the 1917 revolution

uses the public surname and preferred patronymic spelling in many sources
Nikolai Lenin
vsVladimir Ilyich Lenin
4.9

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

uses the historically correct given name rather than the incorrect one

Surface Forms

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin main

Morphology

Vladimir + Ilyich + Lenin

This item is a personal name (a full proper noun) whose meaning is referential and not built compositionally from its parts; knowing the constituent names 'Vladimir', 'Ilyich', and 'Lenin' does not allow a B1 learner to infer the biographical information ('Russian revolutionary leader, founder of the Bolsheviks, first head of the Soviet Union'). Proper names are arbitrary labels across languages and require world-knowledge or prior exposure, so the expression is not derivable from its constituents.

Etymology

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian leader who led the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and became the first head of the Soviet Union. He used 'Lenin' as a 'pen name' that may come from the Lena 'river', and because he helped start the Soviet state his name now stands for its founder.