Vladimir Lenin 'died from syphilis, not stroke'.Byline: ANI London, Oct 23 (ANI): Syphilis killed Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin and not a stroke, believes a British historian. To find the evidence, Helen Rappaport delved deep into books, papers and obscure journals. Rappaport thinks the Soviets tried hard to cover up the real reasons for Lenin's erratic, manic behaviour, bouts of rage and untimely death at 53, seven years after the revolution of 1917, reports The Daily Express. In a bid to reach the conclusion, Rappaport unearthed Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and "dig up" (hence the name) hidden talent in regional Australia. Unearthed has had three incarnations - they first visited each region of Australia where Triple J had a transmitter - 41 regions in all. comments from Professor Ivan Pavlov. Pavlov said the "revolution was made by a madman with syphilis of the brain". The historian also cites a comment by Soviet diplomat Vatslav Vorovsky. He told an Italian colleague in Rome in the early1920s: "We are led by a schoolmaster SCHOOLMASTER. One employed in teaching a school. 2. A schoolmaster stands in loco parentis in relation to the pupils committed to his charge, while they are under his care, so far as to enforce obedience to his, commands, lawfully given in his capacity of whom syphilis has endowed en·dow tr.v. en·dowed, en·dow·ing, en·dows 1. To provide with property, income, or a source of income. 2. a. with a few sparks of genius before it kills him." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the historian, Lenin may have caught the disease from a prostitute in Paris in about 1902. From 1921's end he suffered a series of catastrophic physical attacks leading to progressive paralysis. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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