b"\n_START_ARTICLE_\nVladimir Lenin\n_START_SECTION_\nUnang bahagi ng b\xc3\xbahay\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nAng\xc2\xa0ama ni Lenin, na si Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, ay apo \xe2\x80\x93 at posibleng anak \xe2\x80\x93 ng\xc2\xa0isang serf, bagam't ang kaniyang pinagmulang etniko ay nananatiling hindi malinaw, may\xc2\xa0posibilidad na isa siyang Ruso,\xc2\xa0Chuvash, or\xc2\xa0Mordvin. Sa kabila ng karanasan niya na ito sa mababang klase, umakyat ang katayuan niya sa gitnang uri (middle-class). Nag-aral\xc2\xa0siya ng liknayan at sipnayan Pamantasang Imperyal ng Kazan bago siya nagturo sa Paaralan para sa Dangal ng Penza3]\xc2\xa0. Pinakasalan ni Ilya si Maria Alexandrovna Blank\xc2\xa0sa tag-init ng 1863.\xc2\xa0Hailing from a relatively prosperous background, she was the daughter of anapostate\xc2\xa0Russian Jewish\xc2\xa0physician and his\xc2\xa0German\xe2\x80\x93Swedish\xc2\xa0wife, and had received a good education, learning Russian, German, English and French, and being well versed in\xc2\xa0Russian literature.\xc2\xa0Soon after their wedding, Ilya obtained a job in\xc2\xa0Nizhny Novgorod, rising to become Director of Primary Schools in the\xc2\xa0Simbirsk\xc2\xa0district six years later. Five years after that, he was promoted to Director of Public Schools for the province, overseeing the foundation of over 450 schools as a part of the government's plans for modernisation. His dedication to education earned him the\xc2\xa0Order of St. Vladimir, which bestowed on him the status of\xc2\xa0hereditary nobleman."