Lenin was a great cyclist, philosopher, traveler, joker, athlete and cryptographer. What he was not was a pleasant conversationalist, but if God up there in heaven wants to discuss politics and the latest news over chess, who else should he talk to besides Lenin? Talking about Lenin is like telling the stories of the Thousand and One nights." In addition to magic and secrets, there is logic in all these stories: the iron “if... then...” If we believe that Lenin single-handedly organized a revolution in Russia, then we are forced to believe that he single-handedly stopped the world war. If we consider Lenin to have hacked History hacker - we must admit that History is imperfect and needs creative destruction. If we refuse Lenin for the same reason why some mathematics professors are not allowed into casinos: they win too often - then we ourselves do not want to win, and we also end up on the side of the casino owners, and not those who would like to turn their establishments into district houses of pioneers. Demolish all the statues and forbid mentioning his name - history and geography themselves generate “Lenin” again. WHO IS LENIN? He is you. As the tombstone of architect Christopher Wren says: “Reader, if you are looking for a monument, just look around you.”