Vladimir Lenin
Turned to revolution as a student in Kazan, led the October Revolution of 1917 and founded the Soviet state with its capital in Moscow.
| Lived | 1870 – 1924 |
| Known as | Bolshevik leader |
| Birthplace or main place | Simbirsk |
| Places on the map | Kazan, St Petersburg, Moscow |
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1815) | At death (map of 1920) |
|---|---|---|
| Simbirsk | Russian Empire | USSR |
| Kazan | Russian Empire | USSR |
| St Petersburg | Russian Empire | USSR |
| Moscow | Russian Empire | USSR |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Events in his lifetime
| Year | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | February and October Revolutions | St Petersburg |
| 1918 | Soviet Russia moves the capital to Moscow | Moscow |
| 1920 | Becomes capital of the Tatar Autonomous Republic | Kazan |
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1856 – 1939 | Sigmund Freud | Founder of psychoanalysis |
| 1861 – 1941 | Rabindranath Tagore | Poet |
| 1866 – 1925 | Sun Yat-sen | Founder of the Republic of China |
| 1867 – 1934 | Marie Curie | Physicist and chemist |
| 1869 – 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi | Leader of Indian independence |
| 1874 – 1965 | Winston Churchill | British prime minister |
| 1876 – 1948 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Founder of Pakistan |
| 1878 – 1953 | Joseph Stalin | Soviet leader |
| 1879 – 1955 | Albert Einstein | Physicist |
| 1844 – 1913 | Menelik II | Emperor of Ethiopia |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.