A long-standing monument to Russian revolutionary Vladimir ... depicts Lenin standing with one hand in his pocket, was missing a large chunk of its face and head after Ukraine took control of ...

Sunday marks the anniversary of the death of the Soviet Union’s first leader, Vladimir Lenin ... first in his high school class. In opposition In 1887, Lenin attended Kazan University to ...

MOSCOW — Vladimir Lenin's embalmed ... Putin's other recent steps to solidify control over Russia's political system have been a sharp crackdown on opposition leaders, including steep fines ...

Today is the 100th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lenin ... State control of the media for purposes of promoting regime propaganda, and preventing distribution of opposition speech If ...

Russians are flocking to catch what some fear could be a final glimpse of the embalmed body of Bolshevik leader Vladimir ...

The Communist Party, although the largest opposition grouping in parliament, holds only 16% of the seats, overwhelmed by President Vladimir Putin’s political power-base, United Russia.

Leon Trotsky and his supporters—including many of the most important leaders of the Russian Revolution—formed the Left Opposition in October 1923, during the last period of Vladimir Lenin’s ...