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Olga Ilyinichna Ulyanova | |
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| Ольга Ильинична Ульянова | |
 Ulyanova in 1887 | |
| Born | 16 November [O.S. 4 November] 1871 Simbrisk, Russian Empire |
| Died | 20 May [O.S. 8 May] 1891 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Resting place | Volkovo Cemetery |
| Known for | sister of Vladimir Lenin |
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Olga Ilyinichna Ulyanova (Russian: Ольга Ильинична Ульянова; 16 November [O.S. 4 November] 1871 – 20 May [O.S. 8 May] 1891) was a Russian noblewoman, polyglot, and the sister of Vladimir Lenin. She was born into a wealthy family of middle-class status but, in 1882, the family were elevated into the hereditary nobility. Ulyanova excelled in academics and planned to become a teacher, but was denied the position due to her brother Aleksandr Ulyanov's criminal offenses as a revolutionary. She was later given a certificate of reliability that allowed her to enroll in the Bestuzhev Courses in St. Petersburg. She studied French, German, English, Swedish, Italian, and Latin at Bestuzhev, as well as mathematics, physics, and drawing. Ulyanova had hoped to practice medicine once completing her studies, but died after contracting typhoid fever just six months after arriving in St. Petersburg.