Are There Any Lenins Left?

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[@NameExplain]

I HAVE NO RPIDE FOR YOU WHO RUINED EVERYTHING MY REVOLUTION WAS DOING TO STOP THE BOURGEOISIE.

[@marceltelang7825]

Are you going to pin this

[@matej_grega]

rpide indeed

[@ObjectManiacJennifer27]

@@nicholask7566 Shook hands with both Ronalds, Reagan and McDonald's, no doubt

[@ObjectManiacJennifer27]

@Johan Mine got flagged I didn't delete it

[@imagiguard]

ERB. Nice.

[@mntsam1930]

1921: Russia is ruled by a guy named Vladimir 2021: Russia is ruled by a guy named Vladimir

[@ejbattlelord6436]

Oh yea its all coming together

[@greamespens1460]

They also had a beard, non-beard, beard ... thing going on too.

[@RyujinNoKami]

And both had surnames ended with the letter N

[@mntsam1930]

@@RyujinNoKami tru dat

[@macanaeh]

@@greamespens1460 Also the bald-hairy thing: Putin - balding Medvedyev - hairy Putin - balding Yeltsyn - hairy Gorbachev - balding Chernenko - hairy Andropov - balding Brezhnev - hairy Khrushev - balding Stalin - very hairy Lenin - balding And so on, look into it, it goes even deeper than that

[@lewatoaofair2522]

Although St Petersburg no longer goes by it, the state (or oblast) that it’s kind of in is still called “Leningrad”.

[@MemoryOfTheAncestors]

Also like Ekaterinburg region is still called Sverdlovsk region (Sverdlovskaya oblast). Because Ekaterinburgskaya oblast is realy difficult for pronounce and hard sounding even for sophisticated Russian language. Same for Sankt-Peterburgskaya... Like a terrible offspring of the German and Russian.

[@ByNextus]

My grandparents and relatives lived during the Soviet times. My grandmother sometimes still says Leningrad instead of St Petersburg. I asked her why, and she simply replied because it is easier to pronounce Leningrad than St Petersburg (in Russian specifically).

[@NewRepublicMapper]

They Should Reuse Petrograd Instead

[@athanaricwilhelmsson]

@@MemoryOfTheAncestors I mean, Petrograd oblast is pretty easy to pronounce.

[@truedarklander]

@@athanaricwilhelmsson but the city is called Sankt Petersburg, not Petrograd

[@Literally-Brian]

Well, we got that one mummified Lenin in Moscow. Not sure about the rest though

[@KasumiRINA]

You got another Vovochka sitting in Kremlin. Ehhh, to join NATO and to finally give Vladimir the proper burial. Both of them.

[@t.bvalentino.571]

Sorry to ask but, Why Countries like Russia, China, Vietnam, etc have their communist leaders like that?

[@mihan2d]

@@KasumiRINA Ha, you probably don't know that but USSR *did actually try to join NATO* in all seriousness, but NATO declined and that formally prove NATO to be an anti-communist alliance. There was a great History Matters video on it.

[@vladiiidracula235]

@@t.bvalentino.571 Cult of Personality. It is very common in dictatorships

[@ChaseMcCain81]

@@vladiiidracula235, I’m a big fan (of Vlad Dracula).

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country" - Leon Trotsky

[@The_UnderstoodOne]

That was a amazing poet I've read alot of his books

[@JoshuaTreePark2002]

What did Trotsky Met by that?

[@arkhangelskmapping1497]

@@JoshuaTreePark2002 I’m gonna assume he meant that the USA was both the strongest and the most on edge and likely to do something rash.

[@smith2354]

That's still true to this day. Americans are so afraid of some kind of foreign invasion, to the point that they're willing to place 700+ Military bases around the globe, while forgetting the last time anyone has ever offensively struck the US was back in Pearl Harbor, 1941.

[@rob585]

@@smith2354 Why do you think there hasn’t been any invasions or attacks? It’s because of the strength of America, it’s numerous bases, and the threat the aggressive country would be against if they attacked America

[@nuzayerov]

I like how Nadezhda Krupskaya did not have to worry about getting killed by Stalin and openly criticised him without consequences.

[@ripussr1766]

That's heartwarming to think about, did Stalin fear executing the wife of Lenin? Did he fear Lenin even after he died?

[@nuzayerov]

@@ripussr1766, I think its just how the USSR was centred around Lenin like Lenin was some sort of Cult leader and the USSR was the Cult. Lenin was respected, and doing harm to his wife would be unthinkable by Soviet terms.

[@ripussr1766]

@@nuzayerov that's a very good and valid point, I like to think Stalin did somehow fear Lenin, I heard there was rumors people either saw or heard his ghost. That's probably bullcrap, but it's cool to think of.

[@xxqxqxqxq2548]

It was well-deserved since she betrayed the revolution and Marxism-Leninism. She fell into ranks of mensheviks

[@brentoneccles]

@@xxqxqxqxq2548 she remained a committed Marxist, it was in fact Stalin who ended up sharing more with Mensheviks

[@joycejames8461]

I like that his mother has asked for her name to be removed and so she is now referred to here as Maria Blank.

[@Mrs.THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL]

*types "Lenon"* *Autocorrects to "Lenin"* *Soviet Anthem starts playing*

[@512TheWolf512]

Because his last name was Lennon, with two "n"'s

[@Zegery]

Not Lennon, Lenin! The Russian communist!! Why would I need a beetle?

[@subbot9296]

@@Zegery Who wants to start a revolution?

[@ExplainDigital]

@@subbot9296Supreme Soviet anthem starts playing

[@campas7182]

There's a portuguese paralympics athlete named Lenine Cunha, after Lenin. There's also a brazilian footballer named Marx Lenin (and ironically plays with his left foot)

[@Erikatharsis]

I don't think anybody else has commented about how *tons* of people in the USSR had given names coined in the Soviet era, based on the name of Lenin. Examples include Vilen, Vladilen, and over a hundred other names.

[@tindekappa9047]

Trying to find the hidden meaning behind the name Lenin, right after revealing he had used a hundred odd names, seems a bit stupid. Like you'd think after the, idk, 6th name you'd just start picking them at random.

[@mihanich]

I understand you are en English speaker, but I'm still amazed how you managed to fuck up "Krupskaya" into something like "kratuskya".

[@SvenAlbertPedersen]

Patrick, I'm struggling a little with your explanation on Lenin's last name meaning "son of". I've never heard that one growing up in East Germany, where Soviet Russia was considered a friend. Even with other slavic surnames. What I'm sure about is, that his middle name "Ilyich" is the/a patronym meaning 'son of Ilya' which is true and can still be found in today's names.

[@ornil]

I am a native Russian speaker, and Lenin basically mean "of Lena", which is often used to mean "son of". So it could be "son of Lena", or just "belonging to Lena".

[@SvenAlbertPedersen]

@@ornil I meant the Ulyanov part at 3:10. According to this Gorbachev's last name would mean "son of Gorbach" because these names share the 'ov' suffix.

[@ornil]

@@SvenAlbertPedersen Yes, that's what Gorbachev means. Son of Gorbach (i.e. a humpback). One of Gorbachev's ancestors was likely humpbacked. And Ulyanov is certainly someone whose ancestor was named Ulyan.

[@SvenAlbertPedersen]

@@ornil I've just read the "Slavic name suffixes" article on Wikipedia. According to that, the 'ov' suffix's meaning is 'descendant of' not 'son of' as mentioned in the video. But that's sth. I learned now and not during my eight years of Russian at school. Thank you @ornil. It also reads, that I was right about the 'ich' suffixed patronyms.

[@ornil]

@@SvenAlbertPedersen It's just like Johnson in English. Doesn't mean your father was called John, but some ancestor of yours was called that because his father was called John, and the family name started.

[@Alfred_Leonhart]

if the kazaki theory is real you could say Lenin had main character syndrome.

[@Mateus_Carvalho]

I reckon that one Brazilian player called Marx Lênin doesn't count.

[@gregwochlik9233]

I had a work colleague when I was in South Africa who took on or was given a middle name of "Lenin".

[@marcinkusmierski3273]

Well, last known leninist who tried anything was probably Valery Sablin

[@kong7319]

mao

[@Youtubeisntlettingmeuseczech]

F for Sablin

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

@@kong7319 Mao was a maoist

[@diadelics]

@@G-Mastah-Fash Maoism wasn't a thing during Mao's time, it was only synthesized later on by Chairman Gonzalo

[@walker_andrej]

Just started watching - I forgot who, but Lenins or Stalins daughter lives in Siauliai, Lithuania

[@Xorthane]

I highly doubt that as lenin was born in 1880s and died 1920s so his kids would be dead Stalins are all dead

[@shobhit2197]

@@Xorthane tf do you Stalin's all dead. His great granddaughter owns a scented candle shop in US

[@makiskotsampasis3223]

Lenin had no children

[@ShreyashUSA]

@@shobhit2197 so stalin could go to visit his great granddaughter , buy a scented candle to support her , go back home , light that candle and have it's scent sooth him as he feels sorrow since his great granddaughter is a capitalist

[@shobhit2197]

@@ShreyashUSA True. Stalin's great granddaughter should honestly be disappointed in herself. Long live Communism

[@buzzsburner.8286]

I wonder if any bar owners denied the beatles playing there in their early days because they heard "lennon" and thought the band was communist or something lol

[@Rudenbehr]

To be honest, is that assumption, at least during the 60s/70s reeeeeally that far off?

[@kieranhyde8195]

likely just anti-Irish

[@BOABModels]

Last thing I heard, he was telling people he was the Walrus!

[@kittiwhieldon4329]

No. That was Paul. But I catch your drift.

[@chromasis10]

It was Paul

[@Cybonator]

9:46 ..... Daaaaaaamn! Mrs Lenin was a smoke show!

[@NathanLucas5]

So in Tsarist Russia, if you were exiled and married your spouse could go with you into exile, Lenin married Krupskya in order to stay with her in exile

[@donovanlink3354]

why

[@abraxamovic]

9:30 That’s pronounced as “kroop-skaya”

[@craigstephenson7676]

Minor nitpick: Lenin supported Trotsky but his letter saying that was intercepted by Stalin, who forged a letter saying Lenin wanted him to be on control of the USSR

[@timmmahhhh]

Yeah talk about having an axe to pick.

[@JamesJJSMilton]

@@timmmahhhh FUck off

[@LancesArmorStriking]

Holy shit. What a dick. Imagine if Trotsky was the leader instead, how different our whole history would be

[@moonshinei]

@@LancesArmorStriking The Cold War would likely be against the Germans and Italians rather than the Soviets

[@anthonyhague6526]

Trotskyist lies. Here's an excerpt from a letter Lenin wrote. Probably this question will go ahead in connection with your visit to Chaux-de-Fonds. I shall await news from you. Abramovich is working wonderfully, and he should be supported in every possible way. All possible greetings. Yours, Lenin P.S. Trotsky has sent in a silly letter. We shall neither print it nor reply to him.

[@eyjagnau2141]

Super exited to see what happens in the video!

[@LancesArmorStriking]

exited

[@backyardaviator2920]

Might wanna add that the Oblast Covering St.Petersburg is named Leningrad Itself

[@redacted2354]

The based oblast

[@redflame21]

I love this series! Please do more.

[@mfvieira89]

Yes, PLEASE!!!

[@TheGreatCooLite]

Yes, I love this series!

[@Reichieru1]

Good job sneaking in a history video.

[@greamespens1460]

Yes you should do more of these.

[@maxwellli7057]

Gotta stretch the video out

[@ianeons9278]

Olga from your previous episode is mentioned 2 times here

[@raydavison4288]

The Okrana was the 1st Russian secret police.

[@jeannebouwman1970]

What about ivan the terrible's oprischniki? (Don't know if I spelled it correctly, sorry if I didn't)

[@CyrusGris]

I'd like to throw my own "theory" into the mix about the origins of his alias Lenin. Apparently he was taught English by an Irishwoman and spoke English with and Irish accent. Lennon is a pretty common surname in Ireland, maybe he made it more Slavic sounding and replaced some letters. Again, just my random "theory" lol

[@zaidenallen9933]

Jon Lenin

[@Xorthane]

"Uhh I'll get him myself"

[@jakubpociecha8819]

Vladimir Arbuckle

[@riotandhalf]

He's gone, but at least there's Sean and Julian Lenin now

[@timmmahhhh]

Wasn't he the victim of McCartneyism?

[@ronaldreagan7006]

Not Lenon, LeNIN. The Russian communist! What! Why would I need a Beatle?

[@jammujee3]

pls give us the list of all names of lenin

[@kensukefan47]

Wikipedia

[@NoaManic]

Lenin's Last Testament also does not feature any regret over the Bolshevik regime whatsoever, hence why we defend the Red Terror for example till this day as justifiable actions in accordance with the current circumstances and material conditions at the time.

[@user-mo1bh2cn3n]

State and revoluton by Lenin delves into this, and why unfortunately, in extreme circumstances, terror is to be utilised in times of violent class conflict, in order to establish new relations of production, just as the great terror in the french revolution did to establish capitalism.

[@komah7909]

you should do are there any Troskys left video.

[@oxtygious9298]

eyy could you do a video like this on machiavelli?

[@althebrickfilmer2889]

I wonder if you could do “Are There Any Lincolns Left?”

[@MemoryOfTheAncestors]

You said popular Russian name Lena (Elena) like other popular Russian name Lina (Elina), but these are different names, in fact, you should have said exactly the same as you pronounced the Siberian river Lena (there was the correct pronunciation of that name). Litteraly L'ena, Yel'ena or Lehna, Yelehna.

[@JeremiCzarnecki]

How did you arrive at Nadazhda Francuska with her name clearly spelled out as Krupska(ya)?

[@marcomongke3116]

He was resurrected in UK as Lennon and composed "Imagine"

[@BichaelStevens]

Why are you whispering? I have to crack my volume to 100%

[@SvenAlbertPedersen]

Don't, the ads will blast your ears. 😝

[@bigkarl6367]

I hope so, we need him back badly.

[@Lunar_Pendragon]

I always forget that Lenin is Vladmir's second name lol

[@ronmaximilian6953]

Lenin didn't return to Russia by himself to overthrow the czar. He was returned to Russia by the Germans after the February revolution saw the overthrow of the Romanov family and is replacement by the provisional government, which kept Russia in the war.

[@georgedoty-williams2085]

If JJ McCullough is the master of Regnal Chronology, Patrick Foote is the expert in Name Chronology

[@jakubpociecha8819]

The master of Regnal Chronology? I thought that was Matt from UsefulCharts

[@lukelee7967]

Don't insult Patrick like that

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@b phillip I think I saw you before under one of his videos where you wrote about wanting him to move to America

[@BruunoPlays]

I didn't even watched the video yet but I was supposed to be named Lenin, so yh that's all adiós

[@torche72]

What are you doing in your editing, the volume crashes after the intro.

[@tanguy2223]

7:45 Okhrana: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@fduranthesee]

0:54 Mark it zero! I don’t roll on Shabbos!

[@jlarsjansson4702]

Lenin has a great great grand nephew or somthing like that, the BBC had him talk about burying Lenins body in a thing for the 100 year anniversary of the revolution

[@jd7634]

It's like he said man, you look for the person who will benefit and...uh, you know.

[@BlizzardofKnives]

146 names, a feys' worst nightmare.

[@kingnoob1066]

We know there’s another Vladimir

[@vladimirlenin2501]

Хорошо, я все еще здесь.

[@dmitrygerasimov7869]

Well, as Russian i should ask: "Do modern leftist have something common with left at all?"

[@1blackice1]

Most of them don’t. At least in the west.

[@hatinmyselfiscool2879]

Well, the marxist leninist movement is strong in many circles, it's just that neo liberalism and hijackers have jumped thr movement, like castillo in peru, who is an open anti communist and runs as the main candidate of a marxist leninist party.

[@zeromortalsplan]

No, no, they don't. Most modern "leftists" are too obsessed with idpol to care about actual socialism

[@indianshrek4299]

most of them are either liberals or Stalin fanboys. A lot of self-proclaimed modern leftists don't know anything about socialism.

[@jastu7125]

I would say that it depends on the group. As another commentator said, Marxism-Leninism is thankfully making a massive comeback. My party in the US, for example, is growing in number by the day, and we are staunch anti-revisionist ML’s. There are a couple Russian ML parties that we are quite close to. So yes, I would say that the old left is regaining traction

[@stevemacdonald4139]

Who else thought that he was talking about weather or not there were anymore Lenin like characters

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

Do Sean and Julian count?

[@heccingcommie4942]

Lenin didn’t disapprove of Stalin, he disapproved of Stalin’s sense of humor. Lenin was far more critical of Trotsky than Stalin.

[@nauticalnovice9244]

Yes!

[@somnvm37]

2:12 It is not Ergovic You read it like: Yegorovich ch in russian is never k it is always ch like in chese Also, that is not a name. It is something like, fathers name + "ovich". Everyone has that in russia.

[@StephenLynx8492]

ScarJo could definitely play Lenin’s wife if they ever do a biopic; she even has experience playing a Russian character!

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

But does she have experience playing a Japanese conceptual artist?

[@chrismc410]

Lenin, wherever he is probably wishes for that. Unlike his wife, I'm sure ScarJo isn't opposed to giving up her cheeks. Lenin's wife wasn't too keen on giving it up much to his dislike. Stalin managed to find the time to bust cheeks as Yakov, Vasily and Svetlana were all living proof of his cheek busting.

[@MewxPro]

Please make one on Sam Houston. 👀

[@martinmaynard141]

Lenin is/was a family popular given name in various countries in Latin America. Just one example en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len%C3%ADn_Moreno

[@DavidJamesHenry]

My mother was born in St Petersburg in 1960, so my passport says my mother was born in Leningrad

[@RoboLamp]

There has to be a joke somewhere in the title, but nothing's clicking in my head. I mean it has both 'Lenin' and 'Left' in the title. Idunno some of you guys that are better at word puns can help me out.

[@richardfurness7556]

"What a brilliant day for knocking on the door of the Kremlin and asking is Len in." (Ken Dodd)

[@Reuel-Jazwa]

"taking surplus grain" o I love the red regime, where a handful was already considered a surplus, nothing left for next season.

[@PowersOfDarkness]

where you there?

[@ToobzNightmare]

There are

[@vishnumenon8071]

About people named Lenin? My electrician has that name (I'm from Kerala, where the communist party is highly popular).

[@PowersOfDarkness]

power to the people of kerala

[@popularmisconception1]

Actually his name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, and Ilyich means he's a son of Ilya. Ulyanov is just a family surname. idk why he took the nickname Lenin, but I know Stalin (whose real name was also different) means "of steel".

[@71499lion]

Yes, my cousin, video done lol

[@CarneSagrado]

audio too low :(

[@mrbushlied7742]

Are there any Leninist left? Since I'm still alive, the answer is "Yes". But, of course, that does not make be a Lenin physically, only spiritually.

[@NA-ck6cz]

Biggest country on earth is under control of a Leninist party so yeah

[@NA-ck6cz]

@@kaljamaha22 it is

[@jeannebouwman1970]

@L wouldn't that be classified as Maoist? There are differences between stalinist and Maoist, but I assume that there was support for leninist thought

[@dannonshowtv1509]

WHAT ABOUT OLGA’S CHILD NADHEZA

[@groovemeister5583]

Happy rpide month lol, I'll bring out my straight flag

[@ColbyEaton]

The last Washington?

[@Shaw4123]

Are there any Trotskys left?

[@mihanich]

His real name was Bronstein, so there are lots of Bronsteins left in Israel and USA

[@ianeons9278]

Please explain the name Sarah, probably the most common female name.

[@xxxdieselyyy2]

Lenins will arise only in "hard times make strong men" phase. The future Lenin is prolly now 14 or 15. We were living in "good times make weak men" phase since WW2 in both USA and USSR. The Teddy's and the Lenin's are getting primed for the next 2 decades or so don't worry.

[@avus-kw2f213]

1:30 it’s because he was a mushroom and Lenin backwards is a French mushroom food

[@TheStarcoMarco]

There is..... People with the surname "Ulyanov". Funny enough, there is another second person named himself "Vladimir Ulyanov". Although this person wasn't related and not much information about him, this person born in 1963 was a Russian Army officer and the Hero of Russia who died in 2003. Also, what Olga Ulyanova said was right. Because before Lenin's death, Lenin actually wanted to be burried with his mother. Yet for some reason, Stalin ordered Lenin's body to be mummified instead of fulfilling Lenin's last will to be burried with his mother. Guess this explains why Nadezhda Krupskaya hates Joseph Stalin so much.

[@PowersOfDarkness]

whaat? civil war drops living sandards? thats crazy

[@garethde-witt6433]

Well John has gone🤣😂🤣😂

[@elainereyes7901]

Lenus

[@YT911YT]

Are there any Blakes left #WilliamBlake

[@Peezapper]

Ok

[@anon8586]

Ok

[@JaredtheRabbit]

Ok

[@YT911YT]

Ok

[@dunk.]

nadezhda kratsuskya?

[@boeos9427]

My barber's name is Lenin lol

[@quakeknight9680]

Lenny was short.

[@finnishboo4192]

My names almost the same you just have to swap places whit one pair

[@shxhebx2039]

Do amar

[@Disorder2312]

I would want to know what Russia could be if it didn't go into communism. It might have been better, or it might have lose. But one could only speculate, since we don't have time machine now.

[@RickTheBlack]

Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live!

[@logiwogi8938]

0:00 God, I hope not

[@ultimatevictory6522]

This is off topic but there is a Politian in India named stalin

[@whotookspoons3]

And a politician in Namibia called Hitler *OH FUCK*

[@kommandantgalileo]

Lenin was one of the best dictators ever, he understood he fucked up by setting up a dictator ship.

[@PowersOfDarkness]

although he didnt, he ha no regrets in setting up a dictatrship of the proleteriat

[@FIRE_STORMFOX-3692]

We miss you lennin

[@RwingDsquad]

The volume of your voice is so low.

[@ianeons9278]

Did somebody hack my name?

[@Perririri]

No, because it is actually spelled *aeons*

[@matthewdrummond1340]

I'd like to learn where the Bolshevik name comes from.

[@Perririri]

Literally " Man of the majority "

[@matthewdrummond1340]

@@Perririri thanks 😊 I appreciate that

[@golubayaakula1685]

Briefly, Lenin divided socialist party into Mensheviks (minority) and Bolsheviks (majority), while Bolsheviks were far more radical and wanted to do this whole revolution and totalitarian thingy, Mensheviks were more moderate and wanted to participate in democratic process. Fun fact: there were much more Mensheviks at the moment of division and for obvious reasons they didn't like this kind of naming

[@matthewdrummond1340]

@@golubayaakula1685 that was awesome thanks

[@timefortjer6705]

this comment section will be fun

[@Bobahat]

Short answer: No Long answer: No, but kind of.