Nadezhda Krupskaya

Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya Russian ??????? ?????????????? ???????? 26 February OS 14 February 1869 27 February 1939 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 marry 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 19221925 she was aligned with Stalin Zinoviev and Kamenev against Trotskys 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