Vladimir Lenin, photo 1 of 2
Vladimir Lenin, photo 2 of 2

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Recueil. Portraits de Vladimir Ilʹič Lenin - btv1b10336889v
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Lenin-1887
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Бик Б. Р.
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列宁

列寧
Lièníng
proper noun #18,800

Meanings

  1. 1 Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary leader and founder of the Soviet Union

About Vladimir Lenin

1870–1924 · 革命家 revolutionary

Leader of the Bolsheviks, who took power in Russia in the October Revolution of 1917, and founder of the Soviet state. 马克思列宁主义, Marxism-Leninism, is written into the Chinese Communist Party's constitution.

Also called  弗拉基米尔·伊里奇·列宁、 乌里扬诺夫

Examples

HSK 6
Lièníng lǐngdǎo le Shíyuè Gémìng.
Lenin led the October Revolution.
HSK 6
Lièníng shì Mǎkèsīzhǔyì de zhòngyào jìchéngzhě.
Lenin was an important successor of Marxism.

Tips

culture
In the early 1950s the 列宁装, 'Lenin suit', a double-breasted jacket with wide lapels and a cloth belt, was the fashionable outfit of young women cadres in China, so it was also called 干部服, 'cadre wear'.

Stroke Order

列 liè
宁 níng