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"Hey, at least I collectivized all the farms! That wasn't nothing!" | MY NAME IS VLADIMIR LENIN AND I IMPLEMENTED THE GULAGS, THE KGB, AND ORDERED MASS EXECUTIONS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS DURING MY RUSSIAN REVOLUTION; I AM A CELEBRATED HERO BY MARXISTS DESPITE BEING A REPRESSIVE DICTATOR RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN A MILLION DEATHS | image tagged in historical meme,communism,socialism,political meme,history memes,lenin | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
136 views • 14 upvotes • Made by sh00p_daOOP 3 days ago in politics
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FlameWar
2 ups, 2d,
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During WWI the Germans helped send Lenin back to Russia from exile in France. They bankrolled him in order to overthrow the Provisional Russian Government post Czar Nicholas.
bbbadboy
1 up, 1d
I was about to post the same thing. It's truly an amazing story. In effect, during World War I, the Germans created what would become the Soviet Union, just to trash Russia!

(He was transported from Switzerland, though.)

https://www.dw.com/en/how-germany-got-the-russian-revolution-off-the-ground/a-41195312
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MY NAME IS VLADIMIR LENIN AND I IMPLEMENTED THE GULAGS, THE KGB, AND ORDERED MASS EXECUTIONS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS DURING MY RUSSIAN REVOLUTION; I AM A CELEBRATED HERO BY MARXISTS DESPITE BEING A REPRESSIVE DICTATOR RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN A MILLION DEATHS