Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin26 October 1917
Lenin becomes chairman of the Council of People's Commissars created by the Second Congress of Soviets.
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Lenin becomes chairman of the Council of People's Commissars created by the Second Congress of Soviets.
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