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Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in Streletskaya Ulitsa, Simbirsk, now Ulyanovsk, on 22 April 1870, and baptised six days later; [2] as a child he was known as Volodya, the common nickname variant of Vladimir. [3]
Ilya was a devout member of the Russian Orthodox Church and baptised his children into it, although Maria – a Lutheran – was largely indifferent to Christianity, a view that influenced her children. [9] Lenin's mother ran the household in a Protestant manner [10] [11] Both parents were monarchists and liberal conservatives, being committed ...
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya [1] (Russian: Надежда Константиновна Крупская, IPA: [nɐˈdʲeʐdə kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvnə ˈkrupskəjə]; 26 February [O.S. 14 February] 1869 – 27 February 1939) [2] was a Russian revolutionary and the wife of Vladimir Lenin.
Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (Russian: Мария Александровна Ульянова; née Blank; 6 March [O.S. 22 February] 1835 – 25 July [O.S. 12 July] 1916) [1] was the mother of Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, who in 1922 founded the Soviet Union. She was born in Saint Petersburg as Maria Alexandrovna Blank, one of six ...
Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov was born in Astrakhan.His father was Nikolai Vasilyevich Ulyanov (or Ulyanin; 1765–1838), a port-city tailor and a former serf of possible Chuvash, Mordvinian, Russian or Kalmyk descent, who came from Sergachsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.
Ulyanova grew up in the Kremlin, surrounded by children of other Bolshevik leaders. [1] In 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was discussion of moving Lenin's preserved body from his tomb on Red Square to Kremlin Wall Necropolis or Volkovo Cemetery. Ulyanova fiercely objected to the discussion, believing that Lenin's body ...
A century later, the once-omnipresent image of Vladimir Lenin is largely an afterthought in modern Russia, despite those famous lines by revolutionary writer Vladimir Mayakovsky. The Red Square ...
After Lenin escaped Russia in August 1917, Stalin arrived. [19] He had known Alliluyeva since she was a child, reportedly having saved her from drowning when they were both in Baku. [20] It had been many years since they had last seen each other, and over the rest of the summer they became close. [21] The couple married in February or March 1919.