CAIRO: Thanks to Lenin's writings, the Russian language is the world's most translated language, according to UNESCO. The UN body said that data collected since 1979 included over two million books from 500 writers from 148 countries, and Lenin came in the top five along with William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie and Stephen King. Lenin's books are among the most translated and read in the world. UNESCO is celebrating 80 years since the start of its translation database, which includes information on translated books, translators, linguistics and resecrhers who work in the field of languages. Lenin was the father of the Bolshevik revolution that overthrew the Romanov royal family rule in Russia in 1917.
