“Political events are always very confused and complicated. They can be compared with a chain. To hold the whole chain you must grasp the main link. Not a link chosen at random.”

—  Vladimir Lenin

"Communism and New Economic Policy",(April 1921)
1920s

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Russian politician, led the October Revolution 1870–1924

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