World leader born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (5)

I believe the answer is:

lenin

(Other definitions for lenin that I've seen before include "Revolutionary man" , "First premier of the Soviet Union, d. 1924" , "First leader of USSR" , "Russian revolutionary" , "Marxist theoretician" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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