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Simbirsk

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Simbirsk: see Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk , city (1989 pop. 625,000), capital of Ulyanovsk region, W central European Russia, a port on the Volga and Svigaya rivers. It is a major rail and water transport center and trades in grain, wool, and potash.
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Simbirsk
a city in W central Russia on the River Volga: birthplace of Lenin (V. I. Ulyanov). Pop.: 639 000 (2005 est.)

Simbirsk 

until 1924, the name of Ul’ianovsk, the administrative center of Ul’ianovsk Oblast, RSFSR.



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Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) When in a small town of Simbirsk little Volodya Ulyanov was born nobody of the people around, including his parents, could ever guess that one of the main heroes of the 20th century came into the world.
1870 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), Russian revolutionary leader, was born in Simbirsk.
Full details of the shameful 1919 edict in a district of remote Simbirsk emerged only after a telegram from revolutionary leader Lenin was discovered.
 
 
 
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