Olga Ulyanova | |
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Born | Olga Dmitrievna Ulyanova 4 March 1922 |
Died | 25 March 2011 Moscow, Russia | (aged 89)
Occupation(s) | chemist, physicist, writer |
Parent(s) | Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov Antonia Ivanovna Neshcheretova |
Relatives | Vladimir Lenin (uncle) Aleksandr Ulyanov (uncle) Anna Ulyanova (aunt) Olga Ilyinichna Ulyanova (aunt) Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova (aunt) Ilya Ulyanov (grandfather) Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (grandmother) Alexandr Dmitrievich Blank (great-grandfather) |
Awards | Order of the Red Banner of Labour |
Olga Dmitrievna Ulyanova (Russian: Ольга Дмитриевна Ульянова; 4 March 1922 – 25 March 2011) was a Russian chemist, physicist, and writer. The niece of Vladimir Lenin, she was one of his last-known living relatives before her death. Ulyanova was a supporter of Lenin's legacy, writing extensively about her uncle and family. She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour by the Soviet Union for her writing. Ulyanova actively campaigned for Lenin's body to stay in Lenin's Mausoleum during discussions of reburying it outside of the Red Square. While supportive of maintaining Lenin's legacy, she told European press that it was a mistake to make him into an icon.