“Obviously, Lenin meant that the stage of fierce civil war and the restriction of democracy imposed on the Soviet people were only provisional and had to be abolished as soon as the new regime was consolidated.”

—  Ho Chi Minh

"Development of Ideological Unity Among Marxist Leninist Parties" (August 3, 1956)
1950s

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Vietnamese communist leader and first president of Vietnam 1890–1969

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