Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Lenin was born on April 22, 1870. He was born as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. Lenin was raised in the provincial city of Simbursk on the Volga River. His father was Ilya Nikoleavich Ulyanov. Ilya Ulyanov was a secondary school teacher. Lenin’s mother, Maria Aleksandrovna Blank, was a teacher as well. She was the daughter of a doctor. Lenin has two brothers and three sisters. Lenin learned to read at the age of 5. He …showed first 75 words of 1473 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1473 total…stroke. On January 21, 1924, Lenin had died of brain hemorrhage. Lenin’s body was preserved and placed in display. His tomb was displayed in Red Square and became one of Russia’s most honorable monuments. In December, the Soviet Union had broken up into many independent states. Lenin’s body and tomb was removed and buried next to his mother’s grave, where he had requested. Despite these serious concessions, Lenin remained a committed Bolshevik revolutionary.