Born in Simbirsk, Russia, Vladimir Ilich Lenin recorded at least a dozen gramophone records in the period 1919-1921, including this tribute to his faithful colleague Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov.
Obviously, this recording is in Russian. The British Library has provided a transcript with the recording available from the site linked below.
Listen to Lenin (outside THF network).
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