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Vladimir Ilich Lenin was a Russian revolutionary and political leader who was the creator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and started its first government. In 1901 Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov changed his name to Vladimir llich Lenin to confuse the police. He was born in Simbirsk, A city of southern Ukraine in the southern Crimea northeast of Sevastopol. Lenin was a brilliant revolutionary thinker and strategist. Lenin reshaped Russia and made communism into a strong global force Vladimir Lenin was born April 22, 1870 in the city of Simbirsk. It is now called Ulyanovsk located on the Great Russian River, the Volga. His fathers name was Nikolayevich Llya Ulyanov and he was a loyal teacher in school, and Lenin’s mothers name was Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova and she was a long time social worker. Lenin had a few brothers. Lenin's brother was found guilty of an attempted assassination on the Tsar and Lenin’s brother was hanged for his crime. His brothers’ activity may have sparked Lenin's interest in revolutionary activity because at this time, Lenin began studying the writings of Marx and Chernoshevsky. He spent his childhood and youth in Simbirsk for 17 years. Vladimir's room was located in the attic. His furnitur