Word: lenin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lenin was a little Mongol, Zinoviev a big Jew." While Rykov was the able lieutenant of Lenin in Russia, Zinoviev was at his side in exile...
Opinions differ widely as to the extent of the power wielded by Grigori. Some people claim that his is "the greatest force that has ever shown itself in Communist Russia, not excepting Lenin." Others refer to him merely as "Lenin's assistant...
...erstwhile prominent Rabbi, he received opportunities of perfecting his literary education to a high degree, an achievement which has been invaluable to him ever since the day upon which he met Lenin in Germany and became an ardent revolutionary...
...unemployed in Russia. By April 1, this number had increased to 1,400,000. Walter Duranty, able correspondent of The New York Times, estimated that there are now about 1,750,000. He said that the Government's policy of warring on the "Nepmen" (private traders under Lenin's New Economic Policy) was responsible for the situation...
Slating the Soviet Government for trying to kill off intellectualism in Russia, Le Figaro (Paris journal) said in part: "As if this were not enough, students suspected of Menshevism* have been expelled and finally, under compulsion by fanatical women, including the wife of Lenin and Mme. Kamenev, it was decided to make students pass an examination on public development. One question was 'Who is the head of the Third International ?'† One unfortunate student answered 'Rosa Luxembourg' and was expelled. A woman medical student who was unable to give the exact definition of the Central Executive...