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Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin
Zentralbild
24.02.1960
Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin (Uljanow)
geb: 22.04.1870 in Simbirsk ( heute Uljanowsk)
gest: 21.01.1924 in Gorki bei Moskau
U.B.z.: W.I. Lenin
[Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin (Porträt)]
Abgebildete Personen:
Lenin, Wladimir Iljitsch: Bolschewik, Gründer der russischen Sowjetrepublik,
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