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On January 24, one hundred years have passed since the death of a man about whom Ferdinand Peroutka wrote that "he penetrated the body of time like a sharp iron point". Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the mastermind of the Bolshevik coup in Russia, imprinted his fixed ideas on the state, which gradually turned into a world power under the name of the Soviet Union, to the misfortune of hundreds of millions. In a debate that recalled Lenin's personality and time, the three guests reflected on the causes and effects of the Bolshevik Revolution. What role did it play in the Russian historical story and in the history of the world? How is Lenin's "work" perceived in contemporary Russia? Why was Lenin criticized by Vladimir Putin? Discussion with historian Daniela Kolenovská, political geographer Michael Romancov and journalist Libor Dvořák. The evening was conducted by David Svoboda.