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Alexander Ulyanov - revolutionary-Narodovoltsi, Lenin's brother. Biography, revolutionary activity

Alexander Ulyanov - Lenin's brother - practicallywas always in the shadow of his more famous relative. But I wonder how the course of history would turn if not for the young Volodya's vow to avenge the death of Tsar Sasha. It was then that the future leader of the world proletariat said his most famous phrase: "We will go the other way."

Childhood and youth

Alexander Ilyich Ulyanov was born in Nizhny NovgorodNovgorod March 31, 1866 When he was 3 years old, the family moved to Simbirsk. Alexander's father, Ilya Nikolayevich, initially held the position of inspector of public schools, and five years later he was promoted to the position of manager of the directorate. Mother, Maria Aleksandrovna, was from an intelligent family and knew several foreign languages. She taught her children to read and write. In total, Maria Alexandrovna had 8 children, two of them died as early as the infancy.

Sasha learned to read rather early, namely,4 years of age. When he was eight, his home schooling was over, and he entered the Simbirsk gymnasium. Beginning with junior classes, according to his fellow students, he enjoyed great popularity in school. This is evidenced by the fact that the gymnasium issue, which was held in 1883, was called the "Ulyanov class."

I must say that Alexander Ulyanov was raisedon classical Russian literature. He liked to read the works of Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Nekrasov. In addition, even in the gymnasium, he began to take a great interest in natural science, in particular, zoology. But Sasha's real passion was chemistry. When he was 16 years old, he independently equipped for himself the semblance of a chemical laboratory, where he spent his free time, often staying for the night.

As you can see, young Alexander Ulyanov was not in yearsextremely advanced, very serious and engrossed in pursuits of the boy. Proceeding from this, many predicted for him a great future, which is certainly connected with science.

Alexander Ulyanov

Student years

Alexander, having graduated from the classical gymnasium andhaving received a gold medal, in 1883 he easily entered the St. Petersburg University. He becomes a student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. By the way, this university was already at that time not only one of the best universities, but also the largest in the Russian Empire scientific center.

The first two years of study in the capital all his timeAlexander Ulyanov conducted visits to lectures and engaged in scientific research. He was one of DI Mendeleyev's favorite pupils, so he was a regular in the chemical laboratory, where he was often seen sitting at a microscope. At that time, he did not even think about politics.

At the end of the second year, he finallywas determined by the choice of specialization - most of all he was interested in the zoology of invertebrates. He conducted a course study, for which he was awarded a gold medal, widely opening before him the door to a real scientific activity. Then no one doubted that the talented student Ulyanov would remain at the university and eventually gained the professorship.

Alexander Ulyanov brother of Lenin

Revolutionary activity

It is the scientific success of Alexander in many respectscontributed to increasing its popularity among students. Soon he joined the Scientific Literary Society at St. Petersburg University. At the initiative of Prince Golitsyn, Count Heyden and other reactionary students, this organization acquired an opposite impulse. A huge influence on him began to be provided by a group of students with pronounced revolutionary views.

Gradually Alexander began to participate in allillegal student meetings and demonstrations, as well as to conduct revolutionary propaganda in the workers' circle. At the end of 1886, together with his comrade Shevyrev, he organized the so-called terrorist faction in the party "Narodnaya Volya".

The attempt of Alexander Ulyanov

Attempted

On March 1, 1887 the murder of Emperor Alexander III was planned. Its organizer was the same terrorist faction. The original plan was to shoot the king, but later he was firmly rejected. Then the idea arose to throw bombs, and Andrei and Gerasimov expressed their desire to do so.

After numerous attempts on the emperorthe authorities began to pay special attention to those students who constantly participated in illegal demonstrations, and the police often opened their correspondence. One of these letters referred to the ruthless terror that was to be committed in the near future. This message was addressed to a certain Nikitin. The police gradually began to unravel a thread of conspiracy against the emperor. Thus, the attempt of Alexander Ulyanov and his comrades was solved and prevented.

Revolutionary activity

Trial

It is known that from April 15 to 19court hearings that took place behind closed doors. They were allowed to be present only to ministers, their proxies, senators, members of the State Council and persons belonging to the highest bureaucracy. Not only the relatives and friends of the defendants were not allowed into the courtroom, but they were not allowed even to see them.

For the attempt on the emperor was arrestedseveral dozen people, but only 15 of them appeared before the court. Among them was Alexander Ulyanov, Lenin's brother. Initially, all convicts were required to be executed, but a little later to eight defendants this so severe sentence was replaced by other punishments. Emperor Alexander III signed the verdict only to five defendants, in the list of which, in addition to Shevyrev, Osipanov, Generalov and Andreyushkin, there was also Alexander Ulyanov. The rest were assigned different terms of imprisonment, as well as a reference to Siberia.

The execution of Alexander Ulyanov

Execution of revolutionaries

As you know, Alexander's mother wrote a letterRussian emperor, where he asked for his permission to visit his son. Historians tend to think that, most likely, the convict had the opportunity to file a petition for clemency, but for some reason this was not done. Therefore, on May 8 (20), the execution of Alexander Ulyanov and his comrades-in-arms took place. They were hanged in the Shlisselburg Fortress.

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