what happened to vladimir lenin
On 21 January 1924, Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution, died aged only 53, having suffered three severe strokes. On 30 August 1918, Vladimir Lenin survived an assassination attempt. His would-be killer, 28-year-old Fanny Kaplan, a Socialist Revolutionary, shot at him three times, hitting Lenin twice â in the jaw and the neck. Interrogated by the Cheka, the stateâs secret police, Kaplan said, âToday I shot at Lenin.