On August 15, 1971, he announced his New Economic Policy, which happened to be what Bolshevik firebrand Vladimir Lenin called one of his misadventures.

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During early Soviet times, political leaders used the theater to host meetings or to announce important events like the death of Vladimir Lenin, for instance.

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On 18 March The Times newspaper reported that Mr Berezovsky had been forced to try to sell a painting by Andy Warhol of the former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin.

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin must be rolling over in his grave.

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