Here, pin-drop silence resonates amid thousands of books. The library at Russian House, a Russian government enterprise, is in Delhi’s heart, but the third-floor windows show nothing of the city ...

Lonely Planet says, "Whether for the creepiness value or an interest in mummification, the granite tomb of Lenin is a must-see, especially since (if some people get their way) the former leader ...

MOSCOW, February 6. /TASS/. An intoxicated man has been taken into custody for trying to steal Vladimir Lenin's body from the namesake mausoleum on Red Square, a law enforcement source told TASS ...

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin is opposed to removing Vladimir Lenin’s body from the mausoleum where it has rested since 1924. "As for [Lenin’s] body ...

Putin claimed that Lenin created Ukraine by "separating, severing what is historically Russian land". But history has a habit of repeating itself, and there is an "underappreciated comparison ...

Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) is best known for his role in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the founding of the Soviet Union. Lenin symbolized for many people the principles and ideas of the ...

There was no turning point because in the moment of supreme crisis Lenin, under overwhelming pressures, continued his straight line and yet was not broken. The Russian people had wanted revolution.

events and effects The dire social conditions of the Russian people, rural and urban, and unpopularity of the Tsar's regime forced him to abdicate his throne in February 1917. The replacement by a ...