Vladimir%20Lenin%20was%20a%20Soviet%20politician%2C%20revolutionary%20and%20political%20theorist%2C%20Lenin%2C%20who%20was%20born%20in%201870%2C%20served%20as%20the%20head%20of%20the%20government%20for%20Soviet%20Russia%20from%201917-1924.%20After%20Soviet%20Russia%27s%20transformation%20into%20the%20USSR%2C%20he%20continued%20to%20serve%20at%20the%20highest%20position%20possible.%20%26nbsp%3B

%3Cstrong%3EAlso%20Read%3A%20%3C/strong%3E%3Ca%20target%3D%22_blank%22%20rel%3D%22noopener%20noreferrer%22%20href%3D%22https%3A//opoyi.com/former-cold-war-era-soviet-british-double-agent-george-blake-dies-at-98%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EFormer%20Cold%20War-era%20Soviet-British%20double%20agent%20George%20Blake%20dies%20at%2098%3C/strong%3E%3C/a%3E

After%20sustaining%20two%20bullet%20wounds%20and%20multiple%20strokes%2C%20he%20later%20succumbed%20and%20died%20in%201924.%20The%20mantle%20was%20taken%20over%20by%20the%20infamous%20Joseph%20Stalin.%20However%2C%20a%20tussle%20for%20power%20existed%20in%20the%20newly%20formed%20USSR.%20Alexi%20Rykov%20filled%20in%20for%20Lenin%20as%20the%20Chairman%20of%20the%20Council%20of%20People%27s%20Commissars%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union.%20However%2C%20Joseph%20Stalin%20gained%20enough%20influence%20and%20power%20by%20the%20end%20of%20the%201920s%20to%20become%20the%20sole%20leader%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union.%26nbsp%3B

%3Ca%20class%3D%22mention%22%20data-mention%3D%22%23Lenin%22%20data-user-id%3D%22xZ9jlMLGOGVO%22%20href%3D%22/topic/lenin%22%3E%23Lenin%3C/a%3E%20%3Ca%20class%3D%22mention%22%20data-mention%3D%22%23USSR%22%20data-user-id%3D%22hfXmSVXTbz25%22%20href%3D%22/topic/ussr%22%3E%23USSR%3C/a%3E%20%3Ca%20class%3D%22mention%22%20data-mention%3D%22%23SovietUnion%22%20data-user-id%3D%22Njqx8bHurYIi%22%20href%3D%22/topic/soviet-union%22%3E%23SovietUnion%3C/a%3E%20%3Ca%20class%3D%22mention%22%20data-mention%3D%22%23Russia%22%20data-user-id%3D%22ZdjTIzNom80K%22%20href%3D%22/topic/russia%22%3E%23Russia%3C/a%3E%26nbsp%3B