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Nikolai Lenin

Nikolai Lenin

4.9
A Russian political leader who led the 1917 revolution and founded the Soviet state
  • proper noun
translation icon : Nikolai Lenin
  • The policies implemented by Nikolai Lenin reshaped the course of Russian history.

Examples

  • Many historians regard Nikolai Lenin as a key architect of the Soviet state.

  • During the early years of the USSR, Nikolai Lenin was at the forefront of political change.

  • Nikolai Lenin was revolutionary.

  • Nikolai Lenin inspired many.

  • Many historians regard Nikolai Lenin as a key architect of the Soviet state.

  • During the early years of the USSR, Nikolai Lenin was at the forefront of political change.

  • The policies implemented by Nikolai Lenin reshaped the course of Russian 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 formal full name rather than the short public label
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
vsNikolai Lenin
8.5

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

is the widely used public name rather than the formal personal name
Vladimir Lenin
vsNikolai Lenin
3.9

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

is the common public name used in general references
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
vsNikolai Lenin
4.9

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

is the standard biographical label without patronymic detail
Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov
vsNikolai Lenin
9.0

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

is the usual transliteration preferred in modern English
Vladimir Ilich Lenin
vsNikolai Lenin
6.6

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

is the widely recognized form in many popular sources

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Nikolai + Lenin

This string is a proper name (a referential combination of a given name plus a surname) rather than an idiomatic multiword expression; its meaning is not metaphorical or shifted. If a learner knows the constituent 'Lenin' as the historical figure, the full name is immediately interpretable as referring to that person, and 'Nikolai' merely supplies the given name, so the combination is transparently referential.

Etymology

Nikolai Lenin is the name of a Russian revolutionary leader who helped start the Bolsheviks and the Soviet state. He took 'Lenin' as a public name, and because he led big political change his name now stands for the ideas and government he helped create.