What was the name of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's wife?

Nadezhda Krupskaya was a Russian Bolshevik and the wife of Vladimir Lenin. Krupskaya was born into a noble family that had descended into poverty, and she developed strong views about improving the lot of the poor. At one Marxist discussion group, she met Lenin who was soon exiled to Siberia, where she was allowed to join him, on condition that they married. This could suggest a marriage of convenience, though they remained loyal.

Following the 1917 Revolution, Krupskaya was at the forefront of the political scene. From 1922–1925, she was aligned with Stalin, Zinoviev and Kamenev against Trotsky's Left Opposition, though she later fell out with Stalin. She was deputy education commissar from 1929 to 1939, with strong influence over the Soviet educational system, including the development of Soviet librarianship.

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Nicholas Miernicki

Coco Chanel, LOL Right, they would have made the perfect couple, he a Communist dictator and she a Nazi collaborator. They would have all the bases covered.

Rashi Rosenzweig

Uhmm...the one with the very Russian sounding name??

buhlemann

The other choices were worth it for the entertainment value.

Ken Putnam

Coco Chanel?

Jim Mascair

As in needs to go on the Comedy Club circuit. He has some good material.

Joe Mangan

Nicholas Miernicki, yes, dictators have a habit of behaving badly, Pinochet, Batista, Salazar, Verwoerd, Saudi Arabian rulers etc.

Clarence Quismundo

I simply used process of elimination, only one of the choices is Russian-sounding.

Carroll Price

For those not familiar with Jews and Wall Street financing Communism, Vladimir Lenin (who was residing in New York City at the time) departed immediately for Russia (with several million dollars in cash) upon receiving word of Communist revolutionaries seizing control of Russia's government.

Carl Belken

Had I posted this question I'd have seriously considered using Natasha Fatale as an answer option. :-)

Fred Zeb Fudpucker

Coco Chanel?

klmilles

buhlemann, Inessa Armand was a close associate of Lenin's and may have been his lover. His wife was aware of their intimacy. Lenin was devastated by Armand's death. She was an important feminist and was the first woman buried in Red Square.

Richard G Schwartz

Sounds like a Broadway musical in the making.

Nicholas Miernicki

The only thing that saved her was that she was Lenin's wife, otherwise Stalin would have killed her, just as he did with Zinoviev, Kamenev, Trotsky and a host of others. She had to spend quite a few sleepless nights, wondering if the knock on the door would come. Stalin pulled no punches, when his wife committed suicide, he eliminated all of her family, just in case someone might be thinking of revenge.