From Wikipedia:Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (birth name: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov) Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́нов, IPA: [vlʌˈdʲimʲɪr ɪˈlʲitɕ uˈlʲanəf], better known by the alias Lenin (help·info) (Ленин) (April 22, 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1922, the first de facto leader of the Soviet Union, holding the title of the Chief of the Council of People's Commissars (Russian: председатель совета народных комиссаров), a Communist version of the Prime-Minister's title. He was the creator of Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory. While tens of millions of people directly affected by 'Leninism' are still alive (it was official totalitarian ideology of the USSR till its dissolution in 1991), the reader must realize that contents of this article will be controversial for decades. However, by the ineluctable logic of the documented facts contained in this article, Lenin is the chief creator of the foundations and principles for Soviet Red Terror and subsequent deaths and destruction of tens of millions of people. His decisive use and obsession with terror, together with his successor Stalin, created the word's most powerful totalitarian empire, which lasted for over seven decades.