THE DAY IN HISTORY · JANUARY 21
January 21 in history
What happened on January 21: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1924, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Death of Lenin
21 Jan 1924 — Lenin dies at Gorki at the age of 53, having been silenced by strokes. His “Testament” warning against Stalin has gone unheeded, and the succession struggle he feared is already under way. Petrograd becomes Leningrad.
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