Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, one of the most influential dictators in the world that undoubtedly changed the course of history, was born in Ulyanovsk in 1870. As a teenager, Lenin became politically radicalized after his older brother was executed in 1887 for plotting to assassinate Tsar Alexander III. Later that year after his expulsion from Kazan Imperial University, Lenin immersed himself in the writings of Karl Marx and two years later he became a marxist. For his engagement in marxist activities Lenin was exiled to Siberia for three years where he married Nadezhda Krupskaya. They later moved to Germany and then Switzerland, where he met other European Marxists. During this time, he adopted the pseudonym Lenin and established the Bolshevik Party . After his return to the homeland in 1917 he became the leader of Russian Revolution that after three years let him seize the power and in agreement with Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasus create the Unio...
Kim Il Sung was the founder of North Korea , who with help of highly effective propaganda system enabled him to rule unchallenged for 46 years over one of the world’s most isolated and repressive societies. Kim Sung-Ju (his real name) was born in 1912 in Pyongyang but shortly after his birth his parents decided to move to Manchuria in order to escape the Japanese rule of Korea. While still being a student, Kim joined a communist youth organization and for his activities with the group in 1929-1930, he was arrested. After the Japanese invasion on Manchuria in 1931, Kim joined a guerrilla faction run by the Chinese communists called “ The Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army”. At that time he decided to change his name from Kim Sung-ju to Kim Il Sung. During the World War II when China was losing to Japan many Koreans had to escape to the USSR. The Soviets retrained and formed them into a division of the Red Army. Kim Il-Sung was promoted to the rank of major and fought for the...
Idi Amin also known as the “Butcher of Uganda” was a Ugandan president, who during his 8 year old regime was responsible for a reign filled with mass killings and disorder. Idi Amin Dada was born in 1925 in Koboko, northwest city in Uganda. As a boy, Amin spent much time tending goats and working in the fields. His mother, an herbalist and diviner, raised him after his father deserted the family. Amin lacked good education so at the age of 21 joined Amin had little formal education before joining the King's African Rifles of the British colonial army in 1946 as an assistant cook. Amin was 193 cm tall and super strong so he quickly impressed his superiors by being a good swimmer and boxer He won the Uganda heavyweight boxing championship in 1951, a title he held for nine years. Before Uganda's independence in 1962, Amin became closely associated with the new nation's prime minister and president, Milton Obote. The two men worked to smuggle gold, coffee and ivory out of C...
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