Vladimir Lenin (1879 - 1924) giving a speech to Vsevobuch servicemen on the first anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet armed forces, Red Square, Moscow, 25 th May 1919. Dimension: Vintage photo, in fair condition on glossy paper, wear marks, see photos for details. 24cm x 18cm The Russian Revolution of October 1917 and the storming of the Winter Palace On 24 October 1917, in the Julian calendar, revolutionaries led by Lenin and Trotsky rose up and conquered the Winter Palace. This was the October Revolution. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 until his death in 1924, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death. Under his administration, Russia, and later the Soviet Union, became a one-party socialist state governed by the Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, his developments to the ideology are called Leninism. sent by colissimo