In September 1917, Russia’s collapse was imminent. Unbeknown even to the Bolsheviks, they were poised to stage the second Russian Revolution — tragically, the decisive moment that set that great ...

A century ago, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, who kept his underground nom de guerre, Lenin, had achieved all that a revolutionary could wish. After his Bolshevik Party seized power he was the most ...

January 21 is the 90th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the founder of the Bolshevik party and the Soviet state. Here is a look at the life of one of the most influential political ...

Lenin's embalmed corpse is one of the biggest attractions in Moscow, drawing a mix of tourists and communists to his tomb. But most Russians agree now, a century after his death, it's time for Lenin ...

It is reasonably clear that, contrary to the White House's claims, the "surge" had little or nothing to do with the improved situation in Anbar province in Iraq. That security there has improved is a ...

Twenty-three years had passed since Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s death. Two scientists last week assured the ikon-loving Russians: “We are convinced that Lenin’s body will remain in its present state for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Not long after the 1924 death of the founder ...

After Mikhail Gorbachev took power in 1985, he wanted nothing more than to be associated with the ideals of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Gorbachev's model was Lenin the pragmatist, who could preserve the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin for ruining the Soviet Union and for metaphorically laying "an atomic bomb" underneath Russia, the country's ...