Vldmr lych lynv (22 prl [.S. 10 prl] 1870 – 21 Jnry 1924), bttr knwn s Vldmr Lnn, ws Rssn rvltnry, pltcn nd pltcl thrst. H ws th frst hd f gvrnmnt f Svt Rss frm 1917 ntl hs dth n 1924, nd f th Svt nn frm 1922 ntl hs dth. s th fndr nd ldr f th Blshvks, Lnn ld th ctbr Rvltn whch stblshd th wrld's frst sclst stt. Hs gvrnmnt wn th Rssn Cvl Wr nd crtd n-prty stt ndr th Cmmnst Prty. dlgclly Mrxst, hs dvlpmnts t th dlgy r clld Lnnsm.
Brn nt mddl-clss fmly n Smbrsk, Lnn mbrcd rvltnry sclst pltcs fllwng hs brthr's xctn n 1887. H ws xplld frm Kzn mprl nvrsty fr prtcptng n prtsts gnst th Tsrst gvrnmnt, nd dvtd th fllwng yrs t lw dgr bfr rlctng t Snt Ptrsbrg n 1893 nd bcmng ldng Mrxst ctvst. n 1897, Lnn ws rrstd fr sdtn nd xld t Sbr fr thr yrs, ftr whch h mvd t Wstrn rp nd bcm ky fgr n th Rssn Scl Dmcrtc Lbr Prty. n th prty's 1903 schsm, h ld hs Blshvk fctn gnst th Mnshvks. Lnn brfly rtrnd t Rss drng th fld Rvltn f 1905, nd drng th Frst Wrld Wr cmpgnd fr ts trnsfrmtn nt rp-wd prltrn rvltn, whch h blvd wld cs th cllps f cptlsm nd th rs f sclsm. ftr th Fbrry Rvltn f 1917 std Tsr Nchls , Lnn rtrnd t Rss nd plyd ldng rl n th ctbr Rvltn, n whch th Blshvks vrthrw th Prvsnl Gvrnmnt.
Lnn's gvrnmnt blshd prvt wnrshp f lnd, ntnlsd mjr ndstry nd bnks, wthdrw frm th wr by sgnng th Trty f Brst-Ltvsk, nd prmtd wrld rvltn thrgh th Cmmnst ntrntnl. Th Blshvks ntlly shrd pwr wth th Lft Sclst Rvltnrs, bt drng th Rssn Cvl Wr cntrlsd pwr n thr Cmmnst Prty nd spprssd ppstn n th Rd Trrr, n whch tns f thsnds wr klld r mprsnd. Rspndng t fmn nd pplr prsngs, Lnn rvrsd hs plcy f wr cmmnsm n 1921 nd stblsd th cnmy by ntrdcng th Nw cnmc Plcy. Th Rd rmy dftd svrl nt-Blshvk nd sprtst rms n th cvl wr, ftr whch sm f th nn-Rssn ntns whch hd brkn wy frm th mpr wr r-ntd n th Svt nn n 1922; thrs, ntbly Plnd, gnd ndpndnc. Lnn sffrd thr dblttng strks n 1922 nd 1923 bfr hs dth n 1924, bgnnng pwr strggl whch ndd n Jsph Stln's rs t pwr.
Lnn ws th psthms sbjct f prvsv prsnlty clt wthn th Svt nn ntl ts dssltn n 1991. ndr Stln, h bcm n dlgcl fgrhd f Mrxsm–Lnnsm nd prmnnt nflnc vr th ntrntnl cmmnst mvmnt. cntrvrsl nd hghly dvsv fgr, Lnn s prsd by hs spprtrs fr stblshng rvltnry gvrnmnt whch tk stps twrds sclsm, whl hs crtcs ccs hm f stblshng dcttrshp whch vrsw mss kllngs nd pltcl rprssn gnst th nt-rvltn frcs. Tdy, h s wdly cnsdrd n f th mst sgnfcnt nd nflntl fgrs f th 20th cntry.