Famous quotations of Lenin

Vladimir Lenin did not knowingly become a well-known publicist, which allowed him to start a political career in the Bolshevik party. A native of Simbirsk was noted for his well-read and rich language. This allowed him in his public speeches to use a variety of winged phrases, which thanks to Soviet propaganda went to the people. Quotations of Lenin are often used in everyday speech, and sometimes people do not even guess that some phrases belong to the leader of the proletariat.

"There is such a party!"

One of the most famous phrases of Lenin is the exclamation "There is such a party!". In the summer of 1917, the All-Russian Congress of Soviets was held in Petrograd. Representatives of various parties, including the Bolsheviks, came to him.

Chairman Irakli Tsereteli asked the audience in the hall whether there is a party that is ready to take power in a difficult time for the country and be responsible for all its decisions in such a difficult situation. The question was asked for a reason, because for several months the most diverse segments of Russian society were dissatisfied with the Provisional Government and its decisions. But no one saw an obvious alternative to the existing power.

In answer to the question of Tsereteli, Lenin arose, who also attended the congress. He said: "There is such a party!", Referring to his own party of the Bolsheviks. The audience reacted with applause and laughter. No one could imagine that the Bolsheviks would come to power, and Lenin's quotations would come to life.

In Soviet times, the phrase "There is such a party!" Was often used as a symbol of the omnipotence of the communist ideology and power of the USSR. It was also this cliché that showed how strong the main issue of quotations is. With every decade of the existence of communist power, Lenin increasingly became a mythological figure. For example, in the Stalin era it was believed that Stalin was sitting with Ilyich at the time when he was pronouncing his famous phrase. However, modern research casts doubt on this theory.

Vladimir Ilyich about cinema

A well-known quote from Lenin about the cinema "Of all the arts for us the most important is cinema" remained in the memory of the People's Commissar of Education Anatoly Lunacharsky after one of the conversations with Vladimir Ilyich. Even after the death of the leader of the proletariat, the Russian revolutionary recalled this remark in his correspondence with his party comrades. From there the phrase got into numerous newspaper articles and textbooks on Soviet culture.

Attention to the cinema in the USSR really was great. This new kind of art interested Stalin, he personally allowed and forbade the loudest premieres. There was a whole genre of ideologically correct cinema, in which the merits of the party and Vladimir Ilyich were glorified. Quotations of Lenin were a convenient material for such tapes, they were often used in biographical films. The most famous of the first directors of the USSR was Sergei Eisenstein.

"Who does not work shall not eat"

Many quotations of Lenin appeared in his critical articles. Much of Ulyanov's journalistic work fell on the years of emigration, but even during the existence of the USSR he continued to be printed, this time with millions of copies.

For example, his phrase "Who does not work, does not eat" became widespread. By this passage, Lenin criticized the parasites who did not help the young Soviet economy develop against the background of the consequences of the Civil War. Interestingly, a similar phrase occurs in the Bible, but in a slightly different form. Lenin himself considered the call to work as the main precept of socialism, on which the ideology of the Soviet state should be based. The phrase spread widely in May 1918, when it appeared in a revolutionary's letter to the Petrograd workers. A little later, the slogan "Who does not work, does not eat" was directly used in the first Constitution of the RSFSR.

"Learn, learn, learn!"

The call for "Learn, Learn, Learn!" Was also used by Soviet propaganda to motivate the masses. Most likely, Lenin used this phrase in one of his articles, after reading Chekhov. In the story "My Life" the classic of literature was marked by a similar appeal.

Ilyich did not like the education system under the tsarist government. This explains what Lenin said about the Russians. Quotations of the leader on education were often used in the interiors of schools and universities of the Soviet Union.

"We will go the other way"

One of the most mythologized phrases of Lenin is rightly considered to be the replica "We will go the other way". According to the point of view of the official Soviet ideology, young Volodya said it after he learned about the death of his elder brother Alexander. Ulyanov was executed for intending to crack down on Emperor Alexander III. Lenin, in his own phrase, meant that his future struggle against the tsarist regime would be based not on individual terror, but on propaganda among the masses. In Soviet and Russian life this phrase is used without reference to the revolutionary events of the 20th century, but refers directly to the topic of the conversation.