Did Vladimir Lenin die of syphilis?

Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary and architect of the Soviet Union, died from syphilis caught from a Parisian prostitute and not from a stroke as has ... Instead, official documents show that his death was attributed to declining health following three stokes and an assassination attempt in 1918. read more

Vladimir Lenin died from syphilis, new research claims Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary and architect of the Soviet Union, died from syphilis caught from a Parisian prostitute and not from a stroke as has always been believed, new research has claimed. read more

No, he died of a stroke. I think the question may be a reference to Stalin calling Lenin’s wife a “syphilitic whore”. Stalin’s had heard that in Lenin’s testament, Lenin didn’t want Stalin to be his successor, and in fact wanted to make the CPSU more democratic and decentralised. read more

No, we can't. In the latest round in the medical profession's favourite after-dinner sport - diagnosis long after death - three Israeli doctors have proposed in the European Journal of Neurology that Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, also know as Lenin, architect of the Russian Revolution, died in the Kremlin of syphilis. read more

Stalin called Lenin to talk about this, but his wife picked up and told him Lenin couldn’t answer the phone (he was paralysed from an earlier stroke and was advised by his doctor not to work as much), so Stalin called her a “syphilitic whore” in his anger. read more

The note said: “On Saturday, March 17th in the strictest secrecy Comrade Krupskaya told me of ‘Vladimir Ilyich’s request to Stalin,’ namely that I, Stalin, should take the responsibility for finding and administering to Lenin a dose of potassium cyanide. read more