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Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova

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Birth Date:
06.03.1835
Death date:
25.07.1916
Person's maiden name:
Maria Alexandrovna Blank
Extra names:
Мария Александровна Ульянова, Marija Aleksandrovna Uļjanovna, , Мария Израилевна Бланк,Marija Aleksandrovna Uļjanova,
Nationality:
 russian, jew
Cemetery:
Волковское православное кладбище (ru)

Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (born Maria Alexandrovna Blank; Russian: Мария Александровна Ульянова; 6 March [O.S. 22 February] 1835 — 25 July [O.S. 12 July] 1916)was the mother of Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik revolutionary leader and founder of the Soviet Union.

Ulyanova was one of six children born in Saint Petersburg. Her father was Alexandr Blank (born Israel Blank), a well-to-do physician who was a Jewish convert to Orthodox Christianity. Her mother, Anna Ivanovna Groschopf, was the daughter of a German father, Johann Groschopf, and a Swedish mother, Anna Östedt.

In 1838, Ulyanova's mother died and her father turned to his sister-in-law, Ekaterina von Essen, to help raise the children. Together they bought a country estate near Kazan and moved the family there.

Ulyanova was educated at home, studying German, French and English as well as Russian and Western literature. In 1863, she took an external degree and became an elementary school teacher. However, she would go on to dedicate most of her life to raising her children.

After marrying Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, an upwardly mobile teacher of mathematics and physics, the couple lived in moderate prosperity in Penza. Later, they moved to Nizhny Novgorod and then Simbirsk, where Ulyanov took up a prestigious position as an inspector of primary schools.

Ulyanova displayed a courage and firmness in the face of tragedies and misfortunes that would haunt her family during her lifetime, namely, the death of her husband in 1886, the execution of her son, Aleksandr, in 1887, the death of her daughter, Olga, in 1891, and the multiple arrests and exiles of the rest of her children - Vladimir, Anna, Dmitry and Maria.

She went abroad twice to meet with Vladimir Lenin (to France in the summer of 1902 and Stockholm in the fall of 1910).

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Дмитрий  УльяновДмитрий УльяновSon16.08.187416.07.1943
        2Aleksandr UlyanovAleksandr UlyanovSon12.04.186620.05.1887
        3Vladimir LeninVladimir LeninSon22.04.187021.01.1924
        4Ольга  УльяноваОльга УльяноваDaughter16.11.187120.05.1891
        5Анна  Елизарова-УльяноваАнна Елизарова-УльяноваDaughter26.08.186419.10.1935
        6Marija  UļjanovaMarija UļjanovaDaughter18.02.187812.06.1937
        7Lyubov  BlankLyubov BlankSister20.08.183200.00.1895
        8Марк  ЕлизаровМарк ЕлизаровSon in-law22.03.186310.03.1919
        9Nadezhda  KrupskayaNadezhda KrupskayaDaughter in-law26.02.186927.02.1939
        10Ольга  УльяноваОльга УльяноваGranddaughter04.03.192225.03.2011
        11Фёдор  КеренскийФёдор КеренскийNeighbour14.02.183800.12.1910
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