AGARATALA, April 22 (TIWN): Along with the whole world, Tripura also celebrates the 146th birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov alias Lenin. Tributes were paid to Lenin in some of the prominent places of the State like CPI-M Party Office, District Collector Office, Motor stand area etc. In CPI-M Party office flower tributes were paid to this veteran leader by the Party’s State General Secretary Bijan Dhar.

Remembering the unforgettable work of Lenin, Bijan Dhar told that, “Lenin had a significant influence on the international Communist movement and was one of the most influential and controversial figures of the 20th century. Admirers view him as a champion of working people's rights and welfare while critics see him as a dictator who carried out mass human rights abuses.”

Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as head of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death. Under his administration, the Russian Empire was replaced by the Soviet Union; all wealth including land, industry and business was nationalized.

Based in Marxism, his political theories are known as Leninism. Lenin believed himself to be a man of destiny, having an unshakable belief in the righteousness of his cause, and in his own ability as a revolutionary leader.

Vladimir Lenin founded the Russian Communist Party, led the Bolshevik Revolution and was the architect of the Soviet state. He was the posthumous source of "Leninism," the doctrine codified and conjoined with Marx's works by Lenin’s successors to form Marxism-Leninism, which became the Communist worldview. He has been regarded as the greatest revolutionary leader and thinker since Marx.