Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Lenin's speeches and writings were highly
regarded by his successors and followers. His major
contributions to Marxism were his analysis of imperialism
(stressing, among other things, the importance of colonial areas
as the breeding ground for revolution) and his concept of a
revolutionary party as a highly disciplined unit. One of the
greatest and most practical revolutionists of all times, Lenin
combined mastery of theory with shrewd political instinct.
Although he attacked any theoretical revisionism or gradualism,
he supported opportunistic compromises to further the
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