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This is Vladimir Lenin, born on April 22 in the year of 1870 in a small town
called Simbirsk during the Russian Empire. Lenins parents where both
considered as well educated, his father was even a teacher. Growing up,
Lenin attended school and made an excellent job as a student.
His father died in 1887. That year marked a turning point for young Lenin
and in a lot of ways determined his path as future revolutionary. His older
brother, Aleksandr Ulyanov, was involved with Narodovoltsy a
revolutionary terrorist society. Lenins sister Anna, who was with Aleksandr at
the time of his arrest, had to live in exile at the family estate not far from
Kazan, a city in the central part of Russia, currently the capital of the
Republic of Tatarstan. Around that time he became interested in the works of
Karl Marx.
Although Lenin was ruthless he was also pragmatic. When his efforts to
transform the Russian economy to a socialist model stalled, he introduced
the New Economic Policy, where a measure of private enterprise was again
permitted, a policy that continued for several years after his death. Lenin
was the type of person who liked school and did good at it.