The Life Of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk) on April 22, 1870. In this photo from 1879, he poses with his family (front row, right).

A demonstration in Moscow in the period before the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917

Fanny Yefimovna Kaplan was a Russian political revolutionary who attempted to assassinate Lenin on August 30, 1918. Kaplan shot the leader twice with a pistol as he left a Moscow factory after delivering an address. Lenin survived, but his health was severely compromised.

Lenin's funeral on Red Square

Lenin's remains were placed in this mausoleum at the Kremlin wall.