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The Bolsheviks could not have retained power for two and a half months, let alone two and a half years, without the most rigorous and truly iron discipline in our Party.

Vladimir Lenin

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Vladimir Lenin
Age: 53 †
Born: 1870
Born: April 22
Died: 1924
Died: January 21
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