• cfgaussian
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    3 days ago

    The original is Russian because Lenin only wrote theory in Russian. He did speak multiple languages, including German, French and a bit of English, and he probably used them in personal correspondence with other European revolutionaries, but his official books and articles are only in Russian, afaik.

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      2 days ago

      Okay, thanks for clarifying that. I was trying to do a cursory look into his language(s) before writing my comment to make sure I wasn’t talking out of my ass, but found he spoke multiple languages as you say, so wasn’t sure.