1870 – 1948 Born in the Russian Empire, Lenin (born Vladimir Ulyanov) would become a prestigious lawyer in his native Russia, fighting for worker’s rights. When arrested in 1895 for anti-Tsarist activities, he was forever exiled from Russia on pain of death. Lenin spent the next fifteen years in Britain, becoming a popular Marxist and Union figure. A personal meeting between Lenin and the then Home Secretary Winston Churchill after the Tonypandy Riots on the steps of Old Bailey was memorable for the fact a crowd of people had to keep the two apart. The brawl polarised view as Lenin being a man who fought for worker’s rights and Churchill who fought against them and would lead to a fierce rivalry between the two for the rest of their lives.