Where was Lenin born? In what city?

Time passes, and political systems, views, values change. Leaders change. Many children born in the 21st century can not say with certainty who were Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev ... Although until recently every self-respecting Soviet citizen knew not only the year of Lenin's birth and where the leader of the world proletariat was born, but also the main theses Each plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Our contemporaries do not consider it necessary to remember such information. There is no point in discussing whether it's good or bad, but it's possible to learn about erudition for where Lenin was born. And it happened in the city of Simbirsk. In 1924 it was renamed to Ulyanovsk.

A little from the history of the city where Lenin was born

This city is located on the banks of the rivers Volga and Sviyaga, almost 1000 km southeast of Moscow. It was founded in 1648 as a fortress to protect against the raids of nomadic tribes from the east. The decree was issued by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. This fortress was called Simber. After more than 200 years, Catherine II renamed the city of Simbirsk and made it the center of the Simbirsk province. The Emperor Paul in 1796 confirmed this administrative status of the city.

Moving the Ulyanov family to Simbirsk

Parents Vladimir Ulyanov were educated and intelligent people. In particular, his father, Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Kazan University, and in 1854 received his PhD in mathematical sciences. He was a successful teacher in the gymnasiums of Penza and Nizhny Novgorod, but for ideological reasons he moved to Simbirsk. Why? The fact is that after the abolition of serfdom in 1861, Russia was swept by a wave of Europeanization and popular education. All conscious teachers were eager to work on this field and make their contribution to the education of the common people, and not just the children of wealthy parents, as it was before. Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov was captured by this idea. Therefore, when in Simbirsk the place of the inspector of public schools was released, he without hesitation moved the family there and was appointed to this post in 1869.

Simbirsk of the Ulyanovs

The population of the city at the time of the arrival of the parents of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) was 26 thousand inhabitants, but it could not be called far from the cultural life of the province. As early as the 18th century, the first theater existed in Russia, in 1838 its own newspaper began to be printed, a public library operated, and a telegraph worked. That is, all the benefits of the civilization of that time were available. In addition, since Simbirsk was on the large navigable river Volga, the waterway connected it with other major cities. In connection with this, trade was developed. Thus, the city where Vladimir Lenin was born, justified the title of "noble nest".

Simbirsk also experienced a great fire five years before the Ulyanovs moved. But it served even to the benefit of the city, because it was rebuilt according to a new plan, there were wide streets and beautiful gardens.

Nomadic life in rented apartments

As an inspector of public schools, the official Ulyanov was not supposed to get government housing, so a growing family had to be content with a removable one. That is why for the 18 years that they lived in Simbirsk, they had to change seven houses.

The first house was the house on Streletskaya Street, which belonged to Pribylovskaya. There in the autumn of 1869 Ilya Nikolaevich came in with his wife and two children, Anna and Alexander. Immediately in 1970, the third child was born, Vladimir - the future builder of communism.

Six months later, the family moved from the outbuilding to one of the apartments of the same house. Then came the daughter of Olga. But they did not live long in the house where Lenin was born. I had to move to a neighbor on the same street, which belonged to Zharkova. Then there were three more rented apartments, while Ilya Nikolayevich in 1878 did not acquire his own house on Moscow Street. But the family there also lived relatively little. The breadwinner and the head of the family died early, and the eldest son Alexander was also executed on charges of plotting against the emperor. Therefore, in 1887 the house was decided to be sold. Soon after, the Ulyanovs left Simbirsk and moved to Kazan.

The Lenin Memorial in Ulyanovsk

The native city of Lenin was renamed Ulyanovsk in 1924. And in 1970, to the centenary of his birth, in the city where Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich, they opened a commemorative memorial. It includes the houses of Pribylovskaya and Zharkova, where the Ulyanovs lived, their own house in Moscow, as well as the Great Universal Concert Hall and the House of Political Enlightenment. In the apartments where the Ulyanov family lived, they kept everything almost unchanged. You can also see the diorama, where Simbirsk depicts the 1880s.

Lenin's native city today

Now Ulyanovsk is a large regional center with a population of over 600 thousand. It is divided into four districts: Leninsky, Zheleznodorozhny, Zasviyazhsky and Zavolzhsky. The latter is on the opposite shore and is connected to the other two bridges - the Imperial and the Presidential. But the most prestigious has always been the Leninsky district. Even before the arrival of the Ulyanovs, only merchants and noblemen lived here. Many buildings of those times were preserved in their original form. And the street where Lenin was born is considered a historical monument and is pedestrian.

A lot of Russians and foreigners come to Ulyanovsk every year. They want to visit this street and the house where Lenin was born. The city is also of considerable interest. It annually hosts thousands of tourists who wish to visit the homeland of the October revolution.