Heaven forbid we sully the image of this great man. < /sarcasm>
I guess I'm going to have to complain to the History Channel for soiling the name of Al Capone.
Come to think of it, the "Lord of All Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in
Africa in General and Uganda in Particular" suffered from syphilis too, (until the Soviets "fixed" him up).
Uganda might be in for a flood of email as well.
How can Lenin's image be sullied by this? After all, it's just a small personal matter. Everyone does it, Lenin just got unlucky. Even nice people get venereal disease. I'm sure Lenin regarded it as no great stain.