Lenin Memorial

Lenin Memorial is the successor of the Ulyanovsk branch of the Central Museum of Vladimir Lenin opened on November 2, 1941 in a mansion built on the territory of the Ulyanov family estate.

In April 1970, the museum moved to a building that was erected at the birthplace of Lenin for his centennial. The memorial includes the houses where the first years of the Ulyanov family’s life were spent in the city of Simbirsk, a multipurpose cinema concert hall, and the House of Political Education with classrooms. Furthermore, Lenin House-Museum — the estate, which the Ulyanov family owned at the end of the 19th century, is part of the Memorial.

The exhibition of the Lenin Memorial tells about Vladimir Lenin as a politician and a scholar, and also reflects the main events from the history of Russia in the late 19th — first quarter of the 20th century. The Memorial also houses two new exhibitions: “A Soviet Garage. Retro Motorcycles”, where the visitors can discover the world of Soviet cars and motorcycles, and “Weapons” featuring the weapons used by Soviet soldiers during the Great Patriotic War.