Vladimir+Lenin

Vladimir Illich Ulyanov (A.K.A Lenin) Vladimir Illich Ulyanov also known as Lenin was born in Simbirsk, Russia on April 10th 1870. His father was a schools inspector named Ilya Ulyanov and was a member of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was heavily influenced by his older brother’s political views which were the ideas of Karl Marx. He was educated in the Simbirsk Gymnasium and his headmaster was F.I. Kerensky. In 1887 his brother was part of the people’s will, the people that were in this group tried to kill the Tsar and he was executed for being a part of this. Many attempts were made so Lenin couldn’t go to university because of his brother’s actions. However, he did get into university and while he was there he became involved in politics. Lenin was arrested in 1896 and he was sentenced to three years internal exile. In 1902 he published the pamphlet What Is To Be Done?