1 ruble 1985, Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (22 April 1870 - 21 January 1924) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary, intellectual and politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years (1917-1924), as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a socialist economic system.