- "Our demands are simple: We want peace for the soldier, we want bread for our workers, we want land for our peasants now!"
- ―Vladimir Ilyich Lenin[src]
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his alias Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician and dictator, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and, from 1922, the first de facto leader of the Soviet Union.
Biography[]
In July 1917, for his eighteenth birthday, Indiana Jones saw Vladimir Ilyich Lenin speak on communism to a congregation of Bolsheviks in the city of Petrograd (renamed that year from Saint Petersburg), Russia.[1]
Legacy[]
Three days after Lenin's death in 1924, Petrograd was renamed Leningrad in his honor.
A Soviet honorificency called Order of Lenin was awarded to certain people. As 1957 Irina Spalko was awared such honor.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was played by the English actor Roger Sloman in the episode "Petrograd, July 1917" of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
Appearances[]
- Young Indiana Jones and the Princess of Peril (Historical Note)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Petrograd, July 1917" → Adventures in the Secret Service (First appearance)
- Revolution!
- Revolution in Russia
- The Rule of Russia
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Istanbul, September 1918" → Masks of Evil (Indirect mention)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Moscow, July 1919" (Cancelled)
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis comic (Pictured only)
- Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (Pictured only)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 1 (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- The World of Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones and the Lands of Adventure
- Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates and Other Tales
- Unquiet Voices - Russian Writers and the State (Non-fiction source)
- The Russian Revolution - All Power to the Soviets! (Non-fiction source)
- V. I. Lenin - History Will Not Forgive Us (Non-fiction source)
- The Best Intentions - The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles (Non-fiction source)
- Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
- Grail Diary (prop replica)