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Ilya Nikolaevich Ulyanov (Ульянов, Илья Николаевич in Russian) (7.19(31). 1831, Astrakhan — 1.12(24). 1886, Simbirsk) was a Russian public figure in the field of public education and a teacher. He was the father of Aleksandr Ulyanov and Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik revolutionary leader and founder of the Soviet Union. In 1854, Ulyanov graduated from Kazan University's Department of Physics and Mathematics. In 1850sEvents and Trends Crimean war ( 1854 1856) fought between Imperial Russia and an alliance consisting of the United Kingdom, the Second French Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire. The majority of the conflict takes place around Crimea, o- 1860sEvents and trends Italian unification under King Victor Emmanuel II. Wars for expansion and national unity continue until the incorporation of the Papal States ( March 17, 1861 September 20, 1870). American Civil War fought between the remaining United St, he was a math and physics teacher at PenzaPenza is a city in Russia, administrative center of Penza Oblast in the Volga Federal District. It stands on the Sura River, 709 km south-east of Moscow. Penza was founded in 1663 as a frontier outpost on the then southeastern border of Russia. Its popula Insitute for Dvoryane and later at a gymnasiumGymnasium can have following meanings: Gymnasium (ancient Greece)—an educational and sporting institution in Ancient Greece Gymnasium—a school of secondary education found in several European countries (approx. equal to high school ( USA), secondary schoo and a school for women in Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod ( Russian: ) ( pronounced NIZH-nee NOHV-gah-rat), sometimes transliterated into English as Nizhniy Novgorod or Nizhni Novgorod was founded in 1221. Literally, the name means Lower Newtown referring to the older city of Novgorod Newtown .. While in Penza, Ulyanov conducted meteorological observations, on the basis of which he would write a couple of scientific works called On the benefits of meteorological observations and some conclusions on their use for Penza (О пользе метеорологических наблюдений и некоторые выводы из них для Пензы) and On thunderstorm and lightning rods (О грозе и громоотводах).
In 1869, Ulyanov was appointed inspector of public schools in the Simbirsk guberniya (in 1874- 1886 - their director). In 1882, Ulyanov was awarded the Order of St.Vladimir , 3rd Class, which would give him the right to claim hereditary dvoryanstvo.
Ilya Ulyanov was a well-educated man with excellent organizational and teaching skills. Some Soviet historians believed that his pedagogical views had been formed under the influence of the revolutionary ideas of Nikolai Chernyshevsky and Nikolai Dobrolyubov . Ulyanov contributed immensely to elaboration of theory and practice of elementary education. He was an advocate of equal rights for education regardless of gender, nationality and social status. In 1871, Ulyanov opened the first Chuvash school in Simbirsk, which would later be transformed into Chuvash teacher's seminary. He also established national schools for Mordva and Tatars. Also, Ulyanov organized and presided over many teacher's congresses and other events of the similar kind.
Ilya Ulyanov's work is generally considered to have greatly influenced his children.
