Person
Alexander Ulyanov
Vladimir Lenin's elder brother; a St Petersburg University student hanged in 1887 for taking part in an attempt on the life of Emperor Alexander III.
- Dates
- 1866 – 20 May 1887
- Also known as
- Aleksandr Ulyanov, Alexander Ilyich Ulyanov, Aleksandr Ilich Ulyanov
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Elder brother of Vladimir Lenin
- head of Russia Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars 8 Nov 1917 – 21 Jan 1924
- head of Soviet Union Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR 6 Jul 1923 – 21 Jan 1924
- leads Bolsheviks
- influenced Union republics' right to secede According to Russian government
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elder brother of
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Vladimir Lenin
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Hanged on 20 May 1887 (8 May Old Style), when Lenin was 17.
involved in
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1887 attempt on the life of Alexander III
participant; co-founded the group that prepared it; hanged 20 May 1887
Scholarship & press
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Arrested on 1 (13) March 1887 and hanged on 8 (20) May 1887.
Timeline 1 date
- 1866 – 20 May 1887 Alexander Ulyanov
Proof 5 sources
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An Unfinished Autobiography, Marxists Internet Archive (Lenin, Collected Works, vol. 41, Progress Publishers), 16 Apr 1927.
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Archived copy
In the spring of 1887, my elder brother Alexander was executed by Alexander III for an attempt on his life (March 1, 1887).
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Vladimir Lenin, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 20 Jul 1998.
Scholarship & press
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in 1887 his beloved eldest brother, Aleksandr, a student at the University of St. Petersburg (later renamed Leningrad State University), was hanged for conspiring with a revolutionary terrorist group that plotted to assassinate Emperor Alexander III.
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Reminiscences of Lenin (Part I: St. Petersburg), Marxists Internet Archive (International Publishers, 1970; translated by Bernard Isaacs), 1970.
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Vladimir Ilyich told me one day how this liberal "society" had reacted to the arrest of his elder brother Alexander Ulyanov.
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First of March 1887, Encyclopaedia of St. Petersburg.
Scholarship & press
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It was prepared by members of the Terrorist Faction of People's Will, created in 1886 by A.I. Ulyanov and P.Y. Shevyrev, students from Petersburg University.
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The Life and Work of V. I. Lenin: 1870-1890, Marxists Internet Archive (Lenin, Collected Works, vol. 1, Progress Publishers).
Scholarship & press
Archived copy
Lenin’s elder brother, Alexander Ilyich Ulyanov, is arrested for participating in an attempt on the life of Alexander III.
Alexander Ulyanov and other participants in the attempt are executed.
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