Lenin is with us
Published: 22 April, 2009, 13:28
On his 139th birthday, and eighty-five years after his death, Lenin still provokes a reaction.
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Published: 22 April, 2009, 13:28
On his 139th birthday, and eighty-five years after his death, Lenin still provokes a reaction.