The book by the famous scientist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor V. T. Loginov tells about the early stage of V. I. Lenin’s life: about his parents, childhood, youth, the choice of life path, the beginning of political activity, Siberian exile, the first emigration. Many events in Lenin's biography received, especially in the last decade and a half, different, often tendentious interpretations. The author means this. He brings into circulation new sources, previously unused documents, memories - partly unknown, partly simply forgotten or deliberately distorted, and attracts extensive literature from the Russian diaspora. The work provides answers to questions that have repeatedly arisen in recent years among our compatriots about certain events in the life of V. I. Lenin. The book is addressed to a wide range of readers.

The “Index of names” is omitted in the electronic version ( DS).