Vladimir Putin, the first Russian leader of the 21st century, combines the old and the modern in his political style. His presidential campaign was fought with western opinion polls and TV advertising ...

Lenin Robert Service Macmillan, £25, 592pp Buy it at BOL For several years a faction of the Kurdish liberation movement, the PKK, used to meet twice a week in a McDonald's in Hackney. Over coffee and ...

LENIN: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror. By Victor Sebestyen. Pantheon. 592 pages. $35. "Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror" is one ...

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WITH THE hindsight of a century, it seems to be the private lives and personalities – as distinct from the ideas – of historical figures that attract most attention. So the subject of this biography ...

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“Marxism will be able to do everything. Why do you think Lenin’s lying there in Moscow still all intact? He’s awaiting Science – he wants to rise again!” — “The Foundation Pit”, Andrey Platonov ...

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Biography: Lenin the Dictator: An Intimate Portrait, Victor Sebestyen, W&N, hdbk, 592 pages, €35 Mural of Vladimir Lenin. Photo: Getty A humanising biography of the Russian revolutionary sidelines his ...

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known by his alias Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as head of government of Soviet ...