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Lenin, also known as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, died in Moscow, Russia 100 years ago due to a final stroke. An autopsy revealed that the main cause of death was disseminated vascular arteriosclerosis, with the immediate cause being a circulatory disturbance in the brain and a hemorrhage in the arachnoid pia mater in the area of the corpora quadrigemina. Despite not having risk factors like obesity or diabetes, Lenin suffered three strokes leading to his death.
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, died in Moscow, Russia, 100 years ago. From 1922, he had three strokes, with right hemiplegia and speech disturbance. He died on Jan 21, 1924, of a final stroke. An autopsy was carried out by ten physicians: “The basic disease of the deceased was disseminated vascular arteriosclerosis based on premature wearing out of the vessels. […] The immediate cause of death was: 1) The aggravation of the circulatory disturbance of the brain and 2) Haemorrhage into the arachnoid pia mater in the area of the corpora quadrigemina.”1 Lenin did not have risk factors such as obesity or diabetes.