In the Western press, Lenin is stubbornly called Nicholas in the 1920s, in the 30s, and even in the 50s and 60s

For example, The Times Record in March 1953, in a piece on the death of Stalin, publishes a photograph from Lenin's funeral, with the caption:

This scene shows Nicolai Lenin lying in state at the House of Unions in January, 1924, His wife, Krupskaya and sister Maria stand near the coffin

But the strangest thing is the explanation: it is suggested that "Nicholas Lenin" arose from Western journalists misreading the best known of Ulyanov's more than 150 pseudonyms, "N. Lenin".

Something is not quite right here, some murky business.

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