HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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1920
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1924
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1922
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On 21 January 1924, at 18:50 EET, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the October Revolution and the first leader and founder of the Soviet Union, died in Gorki aged 53 after falling into a coma. The official cause of death was recorded as an incurable disease of the blood vessels.
Detailed explanation-2: -Serving in the Russian Civil War before overseeing the Soviet Union’s establishment in 1922, Stalin assumed leadership over the country following Lenin’s death in 1924. Under Stalin, socialism in one country became a central tenet of the party’s ideology.
Detailed explanation-3: -An incredible 1924 edition of The Weekly People socialist newspaper, dated February 4, 1924, with a displayable front page featuring long and detailed headline reports announcing the death of Bolshevik leader and founder of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin.