Robert Service - Lenin - A Biography

Ulyanov, Ilya Nikolaevich (L’s father): and L’s birth, 1; background and career, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; personality, ideas and interests, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; and children’s upbringing and education, 12, 13, 14, 15; educational principles, 16, 17, 18, 19; home life, 20; and assassination of Alexander II, 21; illness and death, 22, 23; social status, 24; will, 25; work ethic, 26

Ulyanova, Maria Alexandrovna (née Blank; L’s mother): and L’s birth, 1, 2; background, 3, 4, 5; courtship and marriage, 6; family and social life, 7, 8, 9, 10; character, 11, 12; and L’s upbringing and education, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20; beliefs and interests, 21, 22, 23, 24; and assassination of Alexander II, 25; and husband’s death, 26; widow’s pension and inheritance, 27, 28; and son Alexander’s arrest and execution, 29, 30; moves to Kazan, 31, 32, 33; and L’s expulsion from university, 34; fails to supervise and control L, 35, 36, 37; acquires estate at Alakaevka, 38; moves to Samara, 39; and children’s higher education, 40; and Olga’s death, 41; and L’s refusal to offer famine relief, 42; moves to Moscow, 43; L writes to from abroad, 44, 45, 46, 47; and L’s banishment to Siberia, 48; L’s affection for, 49, 50, 51; home in Podolsk, 52; visits children in exile, 53; health problems, 54, 55; sells Kokushkino, 56; visits Krupskaya at Ufa, 57; holidays with L, 58, 59, 60; hostility to Krupskaya, 61; accompanies family into exile, 62; L visits near St Petersburg (1905), 63, 64; L meets in Stockholm (1910), 65; failing health, 66, 67; death, 68, 69; L visits grave, 70 Ulyanova, Maria Ilinichna (L’s younger sister; Manyasha): birth, 71; writes on L, 72, 73; relations with siblings, 74, 75, 76; remains unmarried, 77; education, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84; on L’s giving up piano, 85; and brother Alexander’s execution, 86; financial position, 87; in Kazan, 88; L teaches, 89; helps L, 90, 91; and L’s baldness, 92; studies, 93; L buys present for, 94; and L’s exile in Siberia, 95; nervous tension, 96, 97; on Krupskaya’s joining L in exile, 98; banished, 99; devotion to L, 100; attends Second Party Congress, 101; and L’s poor health, 102; political activities, 103; joins L in Paris, 104; cycling trips with L, 105; reads Bogdanov novel, 106; ill-health, 107; qualifies as teacher of French, 108; letter from L in Poland, 109; in Petrograd, 110; leaves and returns to Petrograd with L (1917), 111; interrogated about L’s whereabouts, 112; carries L’s insurrectionary proposals to Petrograd Soviet, 113; visits L in Petrograd, 114, 115; Finnish holiday with L, 116; accompanies L to Mikhailovski Manège, 117; moves to Moscow with L and Krupskaya, 118, 119; warns L of assassination dangers, 120; and attack on L, 121; attends L after shooting, 122; accompanies L in Moscow, 123; works at Pravda , 124; joins L at Gorki, 125; hears L’s admissions of depression, 126; attends L during illnesses, 127, 128, 129, 130; death from heart attack, 131; and Stalin’s visits to L at Gorki, 132; quarrels with Krupskaya, 133; photographs L at Gorki, 134; and L’s decline, 135; and L’s pride in Jewish ancestry, 136; Stalin quarrels with, 137; present at L’s coma and death, 138; improved relations with Krupskaya, 139; memorialises L, 140

Ulyanov, Nikolai (L’s grandfather), 1

Ulyanov, Nikolai Ilich (L’s younger brother): birth and death, 1

Ulyanova, Olga Ilinichna (L’s younger sister; Olya): birth, 1; childhood, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; and brother Alexander’s execution, 7; education, 8, 9; financial position, 10; university studies, 11, 12; reads Uspenski, 13; on L in St Petersburg, 14; helps L, 15; illness, death and burial, 16; L visits grave, 17, 18

Ulyanov, Vasili Nikolaevich (L’s uncle), 1

Ulyanov, Viktor (Dmitri’s son), 1

Ulyanov, Vladimir (Volodya) see Lenin, Vladimir Ilich

Ulyanovsk see Simbirsk

Union of Assistance for Political Prisoners, 1

Union of Liberation, 1, 2

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) see Russia (post-revolution)

Union of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

United States of America: ends economic blockade of USSR, 1

Uspenski, Gleb, 1, 2, 3

Vaasa, Kuokkala (Finland), 1, 2

Vacietis, General I.I., 1

Valentinov, Nikolai, 1

Velichkina, Vera, 1

Veretennikova, Anna ( née Blank; L’s aunt), 1, 2, 3, 4

Veretennikov, Dmitri, 1

Verkholensk (Siberia), 1

Versailles, Treaty of (1919), 1, 2, 3

Vikzhel see All-Russia Executive of the Railwaymen’s Union

Vladimir (town), 1

Vladimirov, Miron K., 1

Vodovozova, M.I. (publisher), 1

Volga region: famines: (1891–2), 1, 2; (1921), 3; peasant uprisings (1921), 4

Volkenshtein, Mikhail, 1

Volkogonov, Dmitri, 1

Volodarski, V., 1

Volodicheva, Maria, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Volunteer Army, 1, 2

Vorontsov, Vasili P., 1

Vorovski, Vatslav V., 1

Vperëd (‘Forward’; journal), 1, 2

Vrangel, General Pëtr N., 1

Vyborg, 1, 2, 3

Wagner, Richard, 1, 2, 3

‘War Communism’, 1

Webb, Sidney and Beatrice: L translates, 1

Weber, Max, 1

Weitling, Wilhelm, 1, 2

Wells, H.G., 1

White Army, 1, 2, 3

Witte, Count Sergei, 1

workers: position in Russian Marxist groups, 1, 2; participation in revolution, 3, 4, 5, 6; and guiding role of intellectuals, 7, 8; and formation of socialist government, 9; control factories in Petrograd, 10; delinquency, 11; L’s attitude to, 12, 13, 14; rights reduced, 15; L calls for greater participation in government, 16

Worker’s Cause (newspaper), 1

Workers’ Opposition, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspectorate, 1

World War I (1914–18): Russia withdraws from, 1; and Romanov crisis, 2; L’s attitude to, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; outbreak, 8; socialist attitudes to, 9, 10, 11; Provisional Government continues commitment to, 12; Russian offensive (1917), 13; L calls for suspension of, 14, 15; L demands and agrees separate peace, 16, 17; Armistice (1918), 18; L on after-shock of, 19

Yakubova, Apollonaria Alexandrovna, 1, 2, 3, 4

Yaropolets, 1

Yaroslavski, Yemelyan, 1

Yelistratov, Dr, 1

Yelizarov, Mark (Anna’s husband): advises on Ulyanov property deals, 1, 2; and L’s dispute with Arefev, 3; marriage to Anna, 4; lives in Moscow, 5; and L’s exile, 6; at Podolsk, 7; visits L in Paris, 8; adopts Georgi Lozgachëv, 9; carries L’s mother’s coffin, 10; and L’s 1917 return to St Petersburg, 11; apartment searched, 12; death and funeral, 13, 14

Yeltsin, Boris, 1, 2

Yemelyanov, Nikolai, 1

Yeo, Mrs (London landlady), 1, 2

Yudenich, General Nikolai, 1, 2, 3, 4

Yudin, Gennadi, 1

Yusupov family, 1

Zaichnevski, Pëtr G., 1

Zakopane (Poland), 1

Zalezhski, Dr Alexander (L’s cousin), 1

Zamyatin, Yevgeni, 1

Zasulich, Vera, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

zemlyachestva (organisations), 1

zemstva (provincial administrative bodies), 1, 2

Zetkin, Clara, 1, 2

Zheleznyakov, Anatoli, 1

Zhëltyshev (L’s bodyguard), 1

Zhelyabov, Andrei I., 1

Zhivoe slovo (newspaper), 1

Zimmerwald: internationalist socialist conference (1915), 1

Zinoviev, Grigori: withdraws support from L, 1; on L’s sense of mission, 2; serves on Party Central Committee, 3, 4, 5; in Kraków, 6; escapes imprisonment, 7; passion for cinema, 8; pardons Malinovski, 9; stands by L in war, 10; and wartime Swiss international socialist conferences, 11; and L’s return to Russia after revolution, 12, 13; on L’s discovering Malinovski’s betrayal, 14; oratory, 15; Provisional Government issues arrest warrant for, 16; in hiding, 17; opposes L’s plan for October Revolution, 18, 19; warns of political catastrophe, 20; disbelieves European socialist revolution, 21; at 7th Party Congress, 22; in administration of Petrograd, 23; and L’s leadership, 24; at First Comintern Congress, 25; biography of L, 26; L criticises for restraining worker actions, 27, 28; and Yudenich’s advance on Petrograd, 29; favours internal party reform, 30; in ‘trade union discussion’, 31; and Kronstadt mutiny (1921), 32; incurs rancour of party, 33; supports German Communist Party, 34; suffers heart attacks, 35; L forbids from travelling to Genoa conference, 36; L proposes demoting, 37; character and manner, 38; concern over L’s deteriorating condition, 39; L’s relations with, 40; L considers as successor, 41; told of Stalin’s abuse of Krupskaya, 42; supports Stalin at 12th Party Congress, 43; rebuffs Trotski’s Left Opposition, 44; visits sick L at Gorki, 45; and L’s death and funeral, 46; memorialises L, 47; loses in opposition to Stalin, 48