Vladimir Lennin

Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924)
Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary that was the founder of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). He was also the leader of its first government. He was born April 22, 1870, in the city of Simbirsk that is now called Ulyanovsk. Lenin's father, Ilya Nikolayevich, was a talented man who loved science. He taught mathematics and physics at various schools in the cities of Penza and Nizhni Novgorod. In 1869 he was appointed inspector and director of state schools in Simbirsk Gubernia. It is located on the famous Russian river, the Volga. He spent his childhood in Simbirsk and lived in Simbirsk for 17 years.
Lenin’s first problem with the law was in 1887 when the police arrested and hanged his elder brother for plotting to assassinate Czar Alexander III. Later that year Lenin enrolled in Kazan University now Kazan State University. He was expelled as a troublemaker and exiled to his grandfather's estate in the village of Kokushk...