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Father Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov-Lenin can safely be called an extraordinary personality. Thanks to enviable abilities, noble aspirations, honest work and perseverance, Ilya Nikolaevich achieved great success, awards and titles. He was a kind family man and a true professional in his field.

Lenin's father rose to the position of director of public schools in the Simbirsk province and became an actual state councilor, which gave him the right to noble title, although by birth he was an Astrakhan tradesman. However, historians are still arguing about the origins of Ilya Nikolaevich Ulyanov. According to different versions, his genealogy contains Kalmyk and Chuvash roots.

Champion of Public Education

On July 14 (26 - according to the new style) July 1831 in Astrakhan, a son, Ilya, was born into the family of tailor Nikolai Vasilyevich Ulyanin and his wife Anna Alekseevna. The father soon changed the ending of his last name, and the boy was recorded as Ulyanov in the documents. Ilya grew up youngest child in family. Brother Vasily was 12 years older than him, sisters Maria and Fedosya were 10 and 8 years older, respectively. Since the father of this family died five years after birth youngest son, the responsibilities for Ilya’s upbringing and education were taken over by his brother Vasily, who was then only 17 years old. The boy's extraordinary abilities for science showed up quite early. Ilya Ulyanov was graduated from the Astrakhan gymnasium with a silver medal. In 1854, after graduating from Kazan University, he received a candidate of mathematical sciences. The young specialist began working as a teacher in Penza. At the age of 32, he married 28-year-old Maria Alexandrovna Blank and transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod Men's Gymnasium as a senior teacher of mathematics and physics. This year of 1863 was truly a turning point in his life. The successes of Ilya Ulyanov were noticed by the leadership, and after three years the teacher received the position of an official - he was appointed inspector of public schools in the Simbirsk province (now the Ulyanovsk region). And in 1874 he received the post of director of public schools. Ilya Nikolaevich controlled the activities of zemstvo schools, parish, city and district schools. His responsibilities included opening new educational institutions, selection good teachers, solving administrative and economic issues, promoting universal education. Lenin's father especially advocated equal rights for education for all children, regardless of their nationality. Thanks to the efforts of Ilya Ulyanov, local budget expenditures on education from 1869 to 1886 in the Simbirsk province increased 15(!) times. During this time, more than 150 new schools were built in the region, and the number of students increased from 10 to 20 thousand. The quality of education has also improved. Ilya Nikolaevich received the title of actual state councilor in 1877, and shortly before his death he was awarded the order St. Stanislaus, 1st degree. Ulyanov died on January 12 (24), 1886 in Simbirsk from a cerebral hemorrhage, having lived less than 55 years. The wife of the actual state councilor, Maria Alexandrovna, according to some historians, was Jewish on her father’s side, and had German-Swedish roots on her mother’s side. Eight children were born into the family of Lenin's father, two of whom died in infancy.

Was he a Chuvash?

Some historians believe that Nikolai Vasilyevich Ulyanin, the father of Ilya Nikolaevich, was a Chuvash by nationality. According to archival data, the Astrakhan Zemstvo Court in 1798 approved a list of peasants who arrived in the Lower Volga region. N.V. is also listed there. Ulyanin, who was previously a serf of the landowner Stepan Brekhov from the village of Androsovo, Sergach district Nizhny Novgorod province. According to a document from the zemstvo court, Lenin’s grandfather left his native place and moved to Astrakhan in 1791. In the book “Lenin's Dossier without Retouching. Documentation. Data. Evidence” Russian historian Akim Arutyunov writes that the area of the Nizhny Novgorod village of Androsovo in those days was inhabited by Chuvashs. And there were practically no representatives of Russian nationality among the peasants. However, direct evidence Chuvash origin Nikolai Vasilyevich Ulyanin has not survived. But the fact that Lenin’s paternal ancestors were Orthodox Christians is an established fact. IN late XVIII century, many serfs fled to the Lower Volga region from their landowners. And since these lands needed to be populated, the authorities did not return the fugitives to their former owners. Lenin's grandfather also went on the run. In a new place, he began working as a tailor, and in 1808 received the official status of a tradesman, which was confirmed by a decree of the Astrakhan Treasury Chamber. The surname Ulyanin, formed from female name, indicates belonging to the peasant class. Such surnames were often given to the children of courtyard girls when the father could not, for example, officially register the child as his name. Therefore, Nikolai Vasilyevich preferred a more appropriate bourgeois class surname Ulyanov. It is interesting that the documents preserve a description of the appearance of Lenin’s paternal grandfather. The Astrakhan Zemstvo Court, in an order dated 1799, indicated that Nikolai Vasilyevich’s height was about 164 cm, his face was white, his eyes were brown, his hair, mustache and beard were light brown.

Kalmyk roots

The main source of information about Lenin’s Kalmyk roots is the writer Marietta Shaginyan. Her book “The Ulyanov Family,” published in 1938, aroused sharp criticism from the party leadership. The communists accused the writer of distorting the facts, since, in their opinion, any statements that in the guise of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, who is the pride of the Russian people, there are features of a representative Mongoloid race, have an ideologically hostile sound. Marietta Shaginyan wrote that in the Astrakhan archive she discovered a document indicating that Anna Alekseevna (mother of Ilya Ulyanov) was a baptized Kalmyk, her father, the Astrakhan tradesman Alexey Lukyanovich Smirnov, was a baptized Kalmyk, and her mother was Russian (presumably). The writer complained that the archive staff did not allow her to make a copy of this document. As indirect evidence Kalmyk origin Lenin, she pointed out his narrow brown eyes and Asian cheekbones, inherited by the leader of the world revolution from his paternal grandmother. It is known that the Smirnov family was wealthy and respected in the city. Alexey Lukyanovich held the post of bourgeois elder of Astrakhan, had a respectable house and many servants. According to some sources, 23-year-old Anna Alekseevna Smirnova married 53-year-old Nikolai Vasilyevich Ulyanin in 1923. However, in the Revizskaya tale (a kind of population census) for 1816 they are already mentioned as spouses. It also states that their first-born Alexander died in age four months old in 1812. This means that Ilya Ulyanov’s parents could have gotten married in 1811 or early 1812, and at the time of the wedding Nikolai Vasilyevich was 43 years old, and Anna Alekseevna was 24. The couple lived quite prosperously in two-story house in the center of Astrakhan. Now this building houses the Museum of the History of the City. On the first floor of the house, tailor Nikolai Vasilyevich received clients, and on the second there were living rooms. As for Lenin’s Kalmyk origin, Astrakhan, as you know, is a multinational city. Russians began to arrive in the Lower Volga region in the 16th century, and these lands at that time were inhabited mainly by Nogais and Kalmyks. Some of them converted to Christianity. So Lenin’s great-grandfather could have been a Kalmyk. Some researchers argue that Ilya Nikolaevich defended equal rights to education for children of all nationalities because he considered himself a member of national minorities. Personally, the education he received helped him make a career, and he hoped that it would help others get out into the world.

Lenin's father rose to the position of director of public schools in the Simbirsk province and became an actual state councilor, which gave him the right to a noble title, although he was an Astrakhan tradesman by birth. However, historians are still arguing about the origins of Ilya Nikolaevich Ulyanov. According to different versions, his genealogy contains Kalmyk and Chuvash roots.

Champion of Public Education

Ilya grew up as the youngest child in the family. Brother Vasily was 12 years older than him, sisters Maria and Fedosya were 10 and 8 years older, respectively.

Since the father of this family died five years after the birth of his youngest son, his brother Vasily, who was then only 17 years old, took over the responsibility for raising and educating Ilya.

The boy's extraordinary abilities for science showed up quite early. Ilya Ulyanov was graduated from the Astrakhan gymnasium with a silver medal. In 1854, after graduating from Kazan University, he received a candidate of mathematical sciences.

The young specialist began working as a teacher in Penza. At the age of 32, he married 28-year-old Maria Alexandrovna Blank and transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod Men's Gymnasium as a senior teacher of mathematics and physics. This year of 1863 was truly a turning point in his life.

The successes of Ilya Ulyanov were noticed by the leadership, and after three years the teacher received the position of an official - he was appointed inspector of public schools in the Simbirsk province (now the Ulyanovsk region). And in 1874 he received the post of director of public schools.

Ilya Nikolaevich controlled the activities of zemstvo schools, parish, city and district schools. His responsibilities included opening new educational institutions, selecting good teachers, resolving administrative and economic issues, and promoting universal education. Lenin's father especially advocated for equal rights to education for all children, regardless of their nationality.

Thanks to the efforts of Ilya Ulyanov, local budget expenditures on education from 1869 to 1886 in the Simbirsk province increased 15(!) times. During this time, more than 150 new schools were built in the region, and the number of students increased from 10 to 20 thousand. The quality of education has also improved.

Ilya Nikolaevich received the title of actual state councilor in 1877, and shortly before his death he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislav, 1st degree. Ulyanov died on January 12 (24), 1886 in Simbirsk from a cerebral hemorrhage, having lived less than 55 years.

The wife of the actual state councilor, Maria Alexandrovna, according to some historians, was Jewish on her father’s side, and had German-Swedish roots on her mother’s side. Eight children were born into the family of Lenin's father, two of whom died in infancy.

Was he a Chuvash?

In the book “Lenin's Dossier without Retouching. Documentation. Data. Evidence” Russian historian Akim Arutyunov writes that the area of the Nizhny Novgorod village of Androsovo in those days was inhabited by Chuvashs. And there were practically no representatives of Russian nationality among the peasants.

However, direct evidence of the Chuvash origin of Nikolai Vasilyevich Ulyanin has not survived. But the fact that Lenin’s paternal ancestors were Orthodox Christians is an established fact.

At the end of the 18th century, many serfs fled to the Lower Volga region from their landowners. And since these lands needed to be populated, the authorities did not return the fugitives to their former owners. Lenin's grandfather also went on the run. In his new place, he began working as a tailor, and in 1808 received the official status of a tradesman, which was confirmed by a decree of the Astrakhan Treasury Chamber.

The surname Ulyanin, formed from a female name, indicates belonging to the peasant class. Such surnames were often given to the children of courtyard girls when the father could not, for example, officially register the child as his name. Therefore, Nikolai Vasilyevich preferred the surname Ulyanov, which was more befitting the bourgeois class.

It is interesting that the documents preserve a description of the appearance of Lenin’s paternal grandfather. The Astrakhan Zemstvo Court, in an order dated 1799, indicated that Nikolai Vasilyevich’s height was about 164 cm, his face was white, his eyes were brown, his hair, mustache and beard were light brown.

Kalmyk roots

Marietta Shaginyan wrote that in the Astrakhan archive she discovered a document indicating that Anna Alekseevna (mother of Ilya Ulyanov) was a baptized Kalmyk, her father, the Astrakhan tradesman Alexey Lukyanovich Smirnov, was a baptized Kalmyk, and her mother was Russian (presumably). The writer complained that the archive staff did not allow her to make a copy of this document. As indirect evidence of Lenin's Kalmyk origin, she pointed to his narrow brown eyes and Asian cheekbones, which the leader of the world revolution inherited from his paternal grandmother.

It is known that the Smirnov family was wealthy and respected in the city. Alexey Lukyanovich held the post of bourgeois elder of Astrakhan, had a respectable house and many servants.

According to some sources, 23-year-old Anna Alekseevna Smirnova married 53-year-old Nikolai Vasilyevich Ulyanin in 1923. However, in the Revizskaya tale (a kind of population census) for 1816 they are already mentioned as spouses. It also states that their first-born Alexander died at the age of four months in 1812. This means that Ilya Ulyanov’s parents could have gotten married in 1811 or early 1812, and at the time of the wedding Nikolai Vasilyevich was 43 years old, and Anna Alekseevna was 24. The couple lived quite happily in a two-story house in the center of Astrakhan. Now this building houses the Museum of the History of the City. On the first floor of the house, tailor Nikolai Vasilyevich received clients, and on the second there were living rooms.

As for Lenin’s Kalmyk origin, Astrakhan, as you know, is a multinational city. Russians began to arrive in the Lower Volga region in the 16th century, and these lands at that time were inhabited mainly by Nogais and Kalmyks. Some of them converted to Christianity. So Lenin’s great-grandfather could have been a Kalmyk.

Some researchers argue that Ilya Nikolaevich defended equal rights to education for children of all nationalities because he considered himself a member of national minorities. Personally, the education he received helped him make a career, and he hoped that it would help others get out into the world.

Champion of Public Education

Ilya grew up as the youngest child in the family. Brother Vasily was 12 years older than him, sisters Maria and Fedosya were 10 and 8 years older, respectively.

Since the father of this family died five years after the birth of his youngest son, his brother Vasily, who was then only 17 years old, took over the responsibility for raising and educating Ilya.

Was he a Chuvash?

However, direct evidence of the Chuvash origin of Nikolai Vasilyevich Ulyanin has not survived. But the fact that Lenin’s paternal ancestors were Orthodox Christians is an established fact.

Kalmyk roots

It is known that the Smirnov family was wealthy and respected in the city. Alexey Lukyanovich held the post of bourgeois elder of Astrakhan, had a respectable house and many servants.

Father Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov-Lenin can safely be called an extraordinary personality. Thanks to his enviable abilities, noble aspirations, honest work and perseverance, Ilya Nikolaevich achieved great success, awards and titles. He was a kind family man and a true professional in his field.
Lenin's father rose to the position of director of public schools in the Simbirsk province and became an actual state councilor, which gave him the right to a noble title, although he was an Astrakhan tradesman by birth. However, historians are still arguing about the origins of Ilya Nikolaevich Ulyanov. According to different versions, his genealogy contains Kalmyk and Chuvash roots.

Champion of Public Education

Ilya grew up as the youngest child in the family. Brother Vasily was 12 years older than him, sisters Maria and Fedosya were 10 and 8 years older, respectively.

Since the father of this family died five years after the birth of his youngest son, his brother Vasily, who was then only 17 years old, took over the responsibility for raising and educating Ilya.

Was he a Chuvash?

However, direct evidence of the Chuvash origin of Nikolai Vasilyevich Ulyanin has not survived. But the fact that Lenin’s paternal ancestors were Orthodox Christians is an established fact. [С-BLOCK]

Kalmyk roots

It is known that the Smirnov family was wealthy and respected in the city. Alexey Lukyanovich held the post of bourgeois elder of Astrakhan, had a respectable house and many servants.[С-BLOCK]