The Ulyanov family in 1879, Maria Alexandrovna 1835-1916) the mother, Ilya Mikolayevich (1831-1886) the father and their children, Anna (15 years) Alexander (13 years) Vladimer (9 years sitting on extreme right) Olga (8 years) Dmetri (5 years) and maria (1 year). Lenin's childhood passed in a progressive family. His father was director of Elementary Schools in the Sunberisk Gubenha. A progressive man in his time, he devoted himself to the cause of popular education. Lenin's parents brought up their children as honest, diligent, exacting to the needs of the people. It is no wonder that all of them became revolutionaries. Supplied by; SCRSS - Society for Cooperation in Russian And Soviet Studies