On the desk, in Vladimir Ulyanov’s room, there is a book by children’s writer Elizaveta Vodovozova ‘The Life of European Peoples’. It is Lenin’s authentic award book with the signatures of his teachers. On October 13, 1929, the elder sister of the revolutionary, Anna Ulyanova-Elizarova, presented it to the Ulyanovsk Museum.
Vladimir Ulyanov was for eight years the best student in the gymnasium and moving from class to class received awards, including books. Such editions were made to order. They came with a letter of commendation.
The binding of the book on display is embossed in gold ‘For good behavior and progress’. Before the title page is a sheet-copy of awarding Vladimir Ulyanov, a student of the fourth grade: ‘The Pedagogical Council of Simbirsk gymnasium, respecting the excellent achievements, diligence and commendable behavior of Vladimir Ulyanov, a fourth-grade student, awarded him this book with a commendation sheet.’
Because most of the exhibits related to the life and work of the revolutionary were kept in the Central Museum of V. I. Lenin in Moscow (since 1993, the V. I. Lenin Museum), the book ‘The Life of European Peoples’ was also transferred there in 1936. It later returned to the Lenin House-Museum as a duplicate and took its place in the exhibition.
‘Life of European Peoples’ is a lifetime edition of Elizaveta Vodovozova, writer, teacher, author of children’s books, and teaching aids. Vasily Vodovozov, a famous teacher and Elizaveta’s husband, had planned to write a large book about European peoples, their history, everyday life and culture, but he did not have time to carry it out. After the death of her husband, Elizaveta prepared an encyclopedia, devoted to the traditions, customs, and everyday life of the peoples of the European continent, their festive culture, the principles of the political system, and social relations. The second volume included a description of the inhabitants of the north: the English, Scots, Irish, Dutch, Belgians, Norwegians, Swedes, and Danes.
Artists Viktor Vasnetsov, Karl Brozh, Fedor Buchholz, and others illustrated the book. Many of the engravings on drawings are based on Vasnetsov’s works.
Vladimir Ulyanov was for eight years the best student in the gymnasium and moving from class to class received awards, including books. Such editions were made to order. They came with a letter of commendation.
The binding of the book on display is embossed in gold ‘For good behavior and progress’. Before the title page is a sheet-copy of awarding Vladimir Ulyanov, a student of the fourth grade: ‘The Pedagogical Council of Simbirsk gymnasium, respecting the excellent achievements, diligence and commendable behavior of Vladimir Ulyanov, a fourth-grade student, awarded him this book with a commendation sheet.’
Because most of the exhibits related to the life and work of the revolutionary were kept in the Central Museum of V. I. Lenin in Moscow (since 1993, the V. I. Lenin Museum), the book ‘The Life of European Peoples’ was also transferred there in 1936. It later returned to the Lenin House-Museum as a duplicate and took its place in the exhibition.
‘Life of European Peoples’ is a lifetime edition of Elizaveta Vodovozova, writer, teacher, author of children’s books, and teaching aids. Vasily Vodovozov, a famous teacher and Elizaveta’s husband, had planned to write a large book about European peoples, their history, everyday life and culture, but he did not have time to carry it out. After the death of her husband, Elizaveta prepared an encyclopedia, devoted to the traditions, customs, and everyday life of the peoples of the European continent, their festive culture, the principles of the political system, and social relations. The second volume included a description of the inhabitants of the north: the English, Scots, Irish, Dutch, Belgians, Norwegians, Swedes, and Danes.
Artists Viktor Vasnetsov, Karl Brozh, Fedor Buchholz, and others illustrated the book. Many of the engravings on drawings are based on Vasnetsov’s works.
