Vladimir Ilyich Lenin [antikvár]

The contribution made to political theory and practice by Lenin, who entered the historical scene at the turn of the 19tli and 20th centuries, ushered in a new stage in the development of Marxism and a new phase in the international working-class movement. The significanee of Lenin's contribution to the teachings of Marx and Engels, whether it lies in the field of philosophy, political economy, or scientific communism, is truly great aiíd cannot be overestimated. In carrying forward the cause of Marx and Engels and applying their ideas to the new historical epoch, Lenin formuláted the answers to the most vitai problems of social development, problems which continue to agitate the minds of people everywhere and upon whose solution the future of the revolutionary movement and of all mankind depends. Lenin's teaching, Leninism, is the Marxism of our epoch. Associated with his name and his teaching are the prominen't revolutionary changes of the 20th century which have altered the face of the world and which mark the turn of mankind towards sociaiism and communism. Lenin