First, last year in talking to a well educated private guide in St. Petersburg, Lenin is viewed by modern Russians as one of a group of paid political agitators sent by Germany to destroy the power of Russia. Modern educated Russians also have a very dim view of Stalin. Their parents after they learned of some of the things that Stalin did to the people of the Soviet Union feel betrayed. The current generation has a lot of distrust of historic Soviet leaders.
Lenin was a horrible mass murderer. To find out more about Lenin's nature one needs to understand the Lenin Hanging Orders and how he taught Stalin about arbitrary murder to create a society of fear.
Yes, I’ve read the hanging orders before. Seems to me the Russians, even today, need something to put the terrible history behind them, lest they repeat it. Perhaps a Maidan in Moscow.