USSR - Lenin

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https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#label/Boxbe+Waiting+List/FMfcgxvz... The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, was a socialist union in Eurasia with the most prominent country being Russia. The USSR existed between 1922 and 1991 after which it fell apart. The influence of Lenin It is hard to mention the USSR without mentioning Vladimir Lenin. Born into a well-off middle-class family, life could have turned out very differently for Lenin, but after his brother was executed following an assassination attempt on Alexander III in 1887, Lenin embraced revolutionary socialism.

After being expelled from his university for participating in anti-tsar protests, Lenin moved to St. Petersburg in 1893, where he became deeply entrenched in the Marxist movement. After being exiled for sedition, Lenin moved to Western Europe, where his involvement with the Marxist movement grew ever stronger. Even though the movement ran into numerous obstacles and setbacks, Lenin never gave up on the Marxist movement, and in 1917 during the February revolution, the socialists succeeded in ousting the Tsar. In October of the same year, Lenin and his Bolsheviks played a leading role in the October Revolution, where the Bolsheviks took over the government of the country.

From 1917 and until his death in 1924, Lenin worked hard to incorporate the ideals of Marxism into the newly established Soviet Union, and they redistributed land to peasants, nationalized banks, along with all large-scale industry. Lenin's health rapidly worsened, and in 1924 he died, leaving the Soviet Union in the hands of his successor, Joseph Stalin. Lenin's work towards realizing the Marxist dream of the Socialist Soviet Union, has earned him hero-like status in the Socialist parts of the world, and especially in the USSR, Lenin was viewed as the hero of the people and the champion of socialism. His influence is easily seen in philately as well. For many years, stamps were issued in remembrance of Lenin and his death, and he was a fixed part of the definitive issues in early Soviet Union. And whether or not we agree with his actions, we cannot argue about the influence Lenin has had on history. We have only scratched the surface of Soviet history here, and we have barely touched upon the philatelic wonders of the USSR, of which so many exist. We encourage you to check out the stamps of the USSR in our catalogue right here.