Nadezhda Krupskaya

Biography

Nadezhda Krupskaya was a Russian Bolshevik and wife of Vladimir Lenin, born into a noble family that had descended into poverty. She met Lenin at a Marxist discussion group in 1894 and joined him in Siberia after his exile, on condition that they marry. As deputy education commissar from 1929 to 1939, Krupskaya exerted strong influence over the Soviet educational system, including librarianship.