Today, 22nd April 2013, is the 143rd Birth anniversary of the leader and architect of Soviet Revolution Com.V.I.Lenin. For the first time in the world, a soviet state ushered after the 1917 revolution in Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). It sustained itself from the brutal attacks of the nearby capitalist countries and grew to be one of the biggest and strongest nation capable of confronting the US, the citadel of capitalism. However, the USSR collapsed in the 1980s.
After 3 decades, the Communist Party is once again strengthening in the present Russia, as the second biggest party and is becoming influential.