Nikolai Lenin

Nikolai Lenin (1870-1924) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years (1917–1924), as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a socialist economic system.

In Martian Dreams, Lenin was transported to Mars in the accidental launch of Percival Lowell's space bullet at its exhibition at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Some time during his stay on Mars, Lenin came in contact with the Dream Machine of Elysium, and was trapped in the Dream World while the Martian Pashesh inhabited his body.

Lenin was later freed from his nightmare within the Dream World when the Avatar met him, and agreed to divide the wealth of his imaginary Russia into equal piles of 10 rubles. The Avatar could either divide the rubles, destroying or giving the remainder to Lenin, or could even choose to destroy the entirety of the wealth. Upon being rescued from the Dream World, Lenin had little time to talk to the Avatar, as he was too preoccupied with his plans for the eventual overthrow of the Russian Tsars.

With the creation of mechanical bodies for the Martians, Lenin was restored to his body and returned to Earth on Andrew Carnegie's rocket.

Trivia

 * In 1893 (the year in which the fictional Lowell expedition takes place), Lenin, a young lawyer, had recently moved to St. Petersburg to practice revolutionary propaganda.
 * In 1895 (the year in which Martian Dreams place), Lenin was arrested for plotting against Tsar Alexander III, and was then imprisoned for fourteen months in solitary confinement.