Alexander
Ulyanov, the son of a schools inspector, and the brother of Lenin,
was born in 1866. Ulyanov was
educated at the Simbirsk Gymnasium. His headmaster was F. I. Kerensky,
the father of Alexander Kerensky.
He
studied natural sciences at St. Petersburg University and won a gold
medal in zoology. He became involved in politics and eventually joined
the People's Will group that had been responsible
for the assassination of Alexander II.
In
1887 the group planned to murder Alexander
III. The conspirators were captured before they could carry out
the deed. Alexander
Ulyanov was
found guilty and sentenced to death. He refused to ask for clemency
and was hanged on 5th May, 1887.
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