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...documents, made public by the Lenin archives in Moscow, reveal that Lenin favored suppressing the Church, the Jews and dissident intellectuals...
...Lenin was a ruthless misanthrope, perhaps crueler than Stalin, according to Emeritus Professor of Russian History Richard Pipes, editor of The Unknown Lenin, a collection of newly-released Soviet documents...
...Lenin's] driving force was hatred," Pipes said of the man considered by some historians as a visionary. "There's a complete lack of idealism [in the documents...
...favorite pets, instead writing on how inane the topics were; although an initial grader flunked him, the supervising grader gave him a perfect score, the same he had got on his other entrance exams. At Yale (Phi Beta Kappa, Skull and Bones) he wrote a noted essay, "Is Lenin a Marxist?"; an editorial in the Yale Daily News calling for abolition of the football team; and a scholarly paper arguing for America's entry into World War II: "I believe in the dignity of the individual, in government by law, in respect for the truth, and in a good...
...Idealized marx, Lenin, Mao," read one anonymous response to a question asking alumni to characterize their political beliefs during their college days...