Origin of Lenin

[Alina Israeli]

>The official Soviet version, if I remember correctly, was that Vladimir
>Ul'yanov published an article in defense of striking gold-field workers in
>the upper Lena area (around the Bodaybo river) in 1912 and signed it
>"Nikolay Lenin." The standoff between the workers and the field owners
>ended in bloodshed (250 workers were killed) and provoked strikes all
>across the country.

I think this is a bogus story. I don't remember exactly, I hope some
specialist on the list corrects me, but I think he started using the pen
name Lenin since about1902.

Since he did use pseudonyms Volgin and Il'in at other times, there must be
a reason closer to his heart.

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 Alina Israeli
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