Vladimir Lenin

Biography

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, born in 1870 in Russia, was a pivotal figure in the development of revolutionary theory and the leader of the Bolshevik Party. He played a central role in the 1917 October Revolution, which led to the establishment of the Soviet Union. Lenin's contributions to political thought include adapting Marxist theory to the Russian context through concepts such as the vanguard party and his analysis of Imperialism. He emphasized the importance of the working class seizing state power to enact socialist change, known as the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Lenin's leadership shaped the early Soviet state, as he implemented policies like land redistribution and withdrawal from World War I. Despite his death in 1924, his ideas and legacy continued to influence communist movements worldwide. So vital were his contributions to the working class movement that later Joseph Stalin would formalize them as Marxism-Leninism.

Collected Works

Volume	Period and major contents	Pub. date
≣ 1	1893 —1894	1977
≣ 2	1895—1897	1977
≣ 3	The Development of Capitalism in Russia. 1896—1899	1977
≣ 4	1898—1901	1977
≣ 5	1901—1902	1977
≣ 6	1902—1903	1977
≣ 7	1903—1904	1977
≣ 8	January—July 1905	1977
≣ 9	June—November 1905	1977
≣ 10	November 1905—June 1906	1978
≣ 11	June 1906—January 1907	1972
≣ 12	January-June 1907	1977
≣ 13	June 1907—April 1908	1978
≣ 14	Materialism and Empirio-Criticism. 1908	1977
≣ 15	March 1908—August 1909	1977
≣ 16	September 1909—December 1910	1977
≣ 17	1910—1912	1977
≣ 18	1912—July 1913	1978
≣ 19	1913	1977
≣ 20	December 1913—August 1914	1977
≣ 21	August 1914—December 1915	1974
≣ 22	December 1915—July 1916	1974
≣ 23	August 1916—March 1917	1974
≣ 24	April —May 1917	1974
≣ 25	June —September 1917	1974
≣ 26	September 1917—February 1918	1977
≣ 27	February—July 1918	1974
≣ 28	July 1918—March 1919	1974
≣ 29	March—August 1919	1974
≣ 30	September 1919—April 1920	1974
≣ 31	April—December 1920	1974
≣ 32	December 1920—August 1921	1973
≣ 33	August 1921—March 1923	1973
≣ 34	Letters, 1895—1911	1977
≣ 35	Letters, 1912—1922	1973
≣ 36	Letters, etc., 1900—1923	1977
≣ 37	Letters to Relatives, 1893—1922	1975
≣ 38	Philosophical Notebooks. 1895—1916	1976
≣ 39 10 of 22	Notebooks on Imperialism.	1974
≣ 40 0 of 45	Notebooks on the Agarian Question.	1974
≣ 41	1896—1917	1977
≣ 42	1917—1923	1977
≣ 43	Letters, etc., 1893—1917	1977
≣ 44	Letters, etc., 1917—1920	1977
≣ 45	Letters, etc., 1920—1923	1976