He was a mass murderer and a war criminal, but some people still really like the guy The Vladimir Lenin cult is alive and well in Russia, and has been particularly in evidence this year as the country plunges into the old and fierce debates about its historical past on this 100th anniversary of Russia's Bolshevik revolution.
This Russian TV news segment reports on his admirers who gathered from all over the world to celebrate him.
The country seems to consist of three groups, those who think he was one of the most evil men to ever live, those who think he was a hero who made Russia great, and those who don't really know and are confused by the polar opposite versions they encounter (most of the population).
Whatever the case, his body is still embalmed on Red Square, so if you haven't had a chance to have a real, live glimpse of this extraordinary historical figure, you had better hurry up.
One of these days they will probably cart him out of there.
People say he bears a strange resemblance to Hillary Clinton - apparently they use the same brand of pancake makeup.