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Paul Kellogg — To students of twentieth-century Russian history, the name Vladimir Il’ich Lenin is a constant, and inevitable, presence. But the name Iulii Osipovich Tsederbaum—better known through the pseudonym “Iulii Martov”—is either entirely absent from view or present only as a mysterious, and often unsavoury, figure.
Times readers share some of their most beloved keepsakes, from a wooden Snoopy and a multigenerational phone number to documents that guaranteed freedom.
The Soviet Union was the world's first communist country and had a major influence on the 20th century — and still has an influence today.