The Museum homes of V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin) - Simbirsk

"Государственный историко-мемориальный музей-заповедник
«Родина В.И. Ленина»

The Volga city of Simbirsk was the birthplace of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, the Russian politician, Communist revolutionary and political theorist. Lenin was born into a wealthy middle-class family in 1870. Here I show his childhood homes and the local gymnasium he attended. Upon his death in 1924, Simbirsk changed its name to Ulyanovsk in recognition of its most famous son. Lenin would not recognize the city we know today as the town retains little of its past, except in the places associated with him.

Music: Etude by Anton Arensky