World leader who appeared on a Time magazine cover 40 years after his death (5)

I believe the answer is:

lenin

(Other definitions for lenin that I've seen before include "Leader of the Russian Revolution" , "Communist leader" , "Linen for Communist" , "Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov" , "First leader of USSR" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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