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Born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov on April 22, 1870, he took on the pseudonym of "Lenin" in 1901 following his Siberian exile for attempting to publish an illegal newspaper called *The Workers Cause*. The pseudonym of Lenin which he chose for himself was fashioned from the name of the river Lena in Siberia.

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The name of the river itself is believed to have been derived from the original name of "Elyu-Ene", meaning "large river".

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-- Nanaea