Lenin Family House

Volga Region


According to the plaque on the house, Lenin spent nine years here as a boy and teenager (1878–87). There's little to see inside except some simple furnishings, kids' beds and family photos, but the house itself is a window into the relatively modest lifestyle of the 19th-century middle class.


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