LENIN

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Lenin was born in April 22nd 1870 and died January 21st 1924
• His full name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
• He was leader of the Soviet Union and the Russian SFSR from 1917
• When he died, his body was mummified
• A street in Russia was named after him

PRIVATE LIFE

• Lenin's birth place was Simbirsk
• He was born into a well-educated family and excelled at school
• However, he was expelled from uni for his radical policies
• His brother was executed due to assassination plans on the Emperor in1887
• He eventually completed his law degree in 1891 and moved to St. Petersburg

THE SOVIET UNION

• Lenin was the leader of the Soviet Union
• The Germans intended to invade Russia
• Because of this, Lenin fought to fight the peace treaty
• He believed in communism where all were equal
• He wanted to overthrow the government

ANIMAL FARM

• Lenin is represented by the part of the Old Major
• Orwell portrays Major as the iconic leader that sets off the chaos at Animal Farm
• Like Old Major, Lenin's ideas are twisted and changed by his replacements
• George Orwell respected Lenin's ideas, and therefore he made all the animals equal like the idea of Communism
• Old Major name can also be said to represent Lenin as he was the primer head of the Soviet Union.