Lenin’s Revolutionary Elder Brother: Alexander Ulyanov
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is a man whose name is synonymous with revolution, an incredible intellectual and masterful theorist of Marxism, brutish in his attaining of power in Russia, and a man who was the central figure in the founding of one of the major superpowers of the 20th century. A man who was also pledged into calls for revolution primarily to avenge one man, his elder brother: Alexander Ulyanov.
Alexander Ulyanov, often referred to as Sasha, had a profound influence on his younger brother, and his death, by the order of Tsar Alexander III, sent the Ulyanov family into a spiral of destruction, being publicly shamed and excluded, sending Lenin on a path to avenge his brother. Yet, Sasha’s effect and influence on Lenin is often not discussed, even though he proves to be deeply influential and evidently had a tremendous effect on his brother.
So, who was Alexander Ulyanov? What influence did he have on his younger brother? And why was he executed?
Who was Alexander Ulyanov?
Sasha was born in Nizhny Novgorod, a city located in the Volga region, in 1866. He was the eldest brother and the second born, out of a total of eight brothers and…
