Wikipedia says INTJ but I don't think so. So what type would he be?
[Lenin] was an able suppressor of outward emotion. He acted calmly even after the trauma he suffered when his elder brother Alexander was hanged; and later he was to find steady satisfaction in his work alongside his wife...There was always the possibility of an explosion:Lenin was a human time-bomb. His intellectual influences thrust him towards Revolution and his inner rage made this impulse frentic. Lenin had a greater passion for destruction than love for the proletariat. His personality is closely linked to the kind of politician he became. His angry outbursts were legendary throughout the party before 1917; shortly before he died they became so acute that serious questions arose about his mental equilibrium, even his sanity. But usually he took a grip on himself and channelled his anger into a controlled form of agression. He was a political warrior.
Peguy, that description could be applicable to an INFJ as well (probably more so than an INTJ, even)
I know in socionics he's kind of a classic ESTp there, versus having an array of interpretations, so that's why I bring that up. Not sure about MBTI.
Yeah but Lenin was a compulsive workaholic, and certainly had considerable organizational abilities.
Thats nice but doesn't show how Lenin was such. Although SW had him classified as ENFJ.Read up on Mel Gibson... a workaholic INFJ who has considerable organizational abilities, unpredictable emotional outbursts, and bouts of paranoia.
Socionics also absurdly lists Vladimir Putin and Osama bin Laden as ENTPs
In the Church of St. Olga, this icon was placed. It is depicting Joseph Stalin and Blessed Matrona of Moscow. As legend has it, Stalin would visit her on a regular basis to ask her advice on whether Moscow should be defended against Fascists. Father Evstafy of St. Olga's believes Stalin to be one of the fathers of the country "no matter how bad he was."
The placing of the icon caught the attention of a group called "Communists of St. Petersburg" and they printed around 3000 icons of Stalin alone with a halo around his head, then distributed them to the city.
Due to the scandalous nature of the icon, it was finally removed from the church.
Contemporary Orthodoxy: Saint Joseph Stalin