Explore Lenin through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like bolshevik or bolshevist. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Lenin meaning
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.
Synonyms of Lenin
Using Lenin
- The main meaning on this page is: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.
- Useful related words include: vladimir lenin, nikolai lenin, vladimir ilyich lenin, vladimir ilich lenin.
- In the example corpus, lenin often appears in combinations such as: lenin and, lenin moreno, vladimir lenin.
Context around Lenin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lenin
- In this selection, "lenin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vladimir, mausoleum, deputies, monuments, streets and krupskaya stand out and add context to how "lenin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include argues that lenin s approach and attributed to lenin though lenin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lenin" sits close to words such as almighty, antarctic and bing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lenin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A top secret bomb designer, Klinishov won the Lenin Prize in 1962. (12 words)
Dzerzhinsky and Lenin Pallbearers carrying Lenin's coffin during his funeral, from Paveletsky Rail Terminal to the Labor Temple. (19 words)
Lenin M. Plaza, a political science DePaul alum, was 15 years old when his interest for politics was sparked. (19 words)
Robinson never engages with the theories and works of communists who were Black or of oppressed races or nationalities in the U.S and abroad who, like Lenin and Marx, viewed the Black liberation struggle the class struggle. (38 words)
He subsequently managed to consolidate power following the 1924 death of Vladimir Lenin by suppressing Lenin's criticisms (in the postscript of his testament ) and expanding the functions of his role, all the while eliminating any opposition. (37 words)
In one of the few political developments that affected Trotsky in 1925, the circumstances surrounding the controversy around Lenin's Testament were described by American Marxist Max Eastman in his book Since Lenin Died (1925). (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Russian leadership takes this into account by never laying hands on Lenin's mausoleum, Lenin monuments and Lenin streets.
In the earliest editions of her memoirs of Lenin, Krupskaya gives an honest description of Lenin's enthusiastic attitude to Trotsky.
Lenin, ‘Report at a Meeting of Bolshevik Delegates to the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies’, Lenin: selected writings on imperialist war, p. 271, emphasis in original.
The reference to Western supporters of the Soviet Union as “useful idiots” is widely attributed to Lenin, though Lenin may never have uttered the phrase (as Mona notes).
Dzerzhinsky and Lenin Pallbearers carrying Lenin's coffin during his funeral, from Paveletsky Rail Terminal to the Labor Temple.
For Lenin, the primary feature of Marx's "dialectical materialism" (Lenin's term) was its application of materialist philosophy to history and social sciences.
He subsequently managed to consolidate power following the 1924 death of Vladimir Lenin by suppressing Lenin's criticisms (in the postscript of his testament ) and expanding the functions of his role, all the while eliminating any opposition.
In one of the few political developments that affected Trotsky in 1925, the circumstances surrounding the controversy around Lenin's Testament were described by American Marxist Max Eastman in his book Since Lenin Died (1925).
Ambulances and police entered the mine compound on Saturday, on whose facade hangs a portrait of Lenin, an AFP reporter saw.
A top secret bomb designer, Klinishov won the Lenin Prize in 1962.
Brown, like many committed revolutionaries, from Vladimir Lenin to Che Guevarra, was attempting to forge a new world, one created through violence and one he was willing to be martyred to achieve.
For Lenin, however, imperialism was a stage, the latest stage, of capitalist development, the stage of monopoly capital that succeeded competitive capital.
HH’s heroes are patriots who fought for our country’s independence, not Marx, Angels, Lenin, and other confused and authoritarian former foreign leaders.
However, on a theoretical basis, this author argues that Lenin’s approach is economistic, and it is a theoretical basis that is being discussed here.
Lenin M. Plaza, a political science DePaul alum, was 15 years old when his interest for politics was sparked.
Moreover, Lenin recognized that peace agreements in the imperialist stage were “ nothing more than a ‘truce’ in periods between wars,” within a larger geopolitical struggle inherent to monopoly capitalism.
Named by his Cuban parents in a moment of revolutionary fervor, Lenin arrived in Florida with nothing and learned to survive through sex work.
Putin is not Lenin or revolutionaries of his age, but rather someone akin to Peter the Great from the 17th century.
Robinson never engages with the theories and works of communists who were Black or of oppressed races or nationalities in the U.S and abroad who, like Lenin and Marx, viewed the Black liberation struggle the class struggle.
The October Revolution was a revolution of the Bolshevik Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, which took place in October 1917.
Common combinations with lenin
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