In the chaos of WWI, Germany helped Vladimir Lenin return home in a calculated gamble to set off a revolution and remove Russia from the war.

Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin believed the only way to fight religion was to spread a materialist view of faith. Following Lenin’s orders, the Bolsheviks, upon seizing power, launched ...

In Moscow, some of the best architecture may lie many metres underground. With its vaulted ceilings, marble floors and tiled ...

Abalakov placed a bust of Vladimir Lenin on the summit. In 1974, Lenin Peak hosted an international mountaineering camp, attracting nearly 200 climbers. A Soviet all-female team led by Elvira ...

At the edge of Moscow’s Red Square, by the walls of the Kremlin, stands a stone mausoleum that is home to the preserved body of Vladimir Lenin, the founding father of the Soviet Union.