Russian Communist Party supporters an image of Vladimir Lenin as they gather in Moscow Nov. 7 to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Lenin’s ideas have inspired a new generation of Russians, who are looking for a “new, modernized form of socialism,” one activist said. (Associated Press)
Russian Communist Party supporters carry an image of Vladimir Lenin as they gather in Moscow Nov. 7 to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Lenin’s ideas have inspired a new generation of Russians, who are looking for a “new, modernized form of socialism,” one activist said. (Associated Press)
Communist Party supporters gather near a monument to Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin to commemorate the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in St. Petersburg on Nov. 7. Mr. Putin abolished the national holiday in 2005, but the Russian president once called the Soviet Union’s breakup the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the 1900s. (Associated Press)
Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, lays embalmed in his tomb on Moscow's Red Square, Wednesday April 16, 1997, six days before his 127th April 22 birthday. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin)
Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, lies embalmed in his tomb on Moscow's Red Square on Wednesday, April 16, 1997, six days before his 127th birthday on April 22. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin)
Vladimir Lenin poses for a photo in 1922. Neurologist Dr. Harry Vinters and Russian historian Lev Lurie reviewed the Soviet dictator's records for a University of Maryland School of Medicine conference Friday in Baltimore. (Associated Press)
Vladimir Lenin poses for a photo in 1922. Neurologist Dr. Harry Vinters and Russian historian Lev Lurie reviewed the Soviet dictator's records for a University of Maryland School of Medicine conference Friday in Baltimore. (Associated Press)
A military helicopter with Kyrgyzstan's interim President Rosa Otunbayeva on board flies over the statue of of the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin prepares to land on the central square in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010. Ms. Otunbayeva is vowing to work for the return of refugees who fled deadly ethnic violence there by the hundreds of thousands. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
