Lenin's great-granddaughter died at the age of 47

Vladimir Lenin's great-granddaughter Elena Ulyanova died at the age of 48. This was reported by the press service of the museum-reserve "Gorki Leninskie".

"Elena Ulyanova died on May 8 at the age of 47," the report says.

The press service clarified that Ulyanova was not a direct descendant of Lenin, she is the cousin of the great-granddaughter of the founder of the Soviet state, and the Ulyanov family continued along the line of Lenin's younger brother Dmitry Ulyanov.

According to RIA Novosti, the press service of the museum-reserve clarified that the cause of death of Elena Ulyanova was an "acute infection."

Ulyanova was born in 1978 in Moscow, from 1993 to 1997 she studied in France and in the USA, after which she returned to She devoted her life to social activities, joining the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. In recent years, Ulyanova has taken part in excursions and museum programs of the Gorki Leninskie Museum-Reserve, continuing the mission of her grandmother, Lenin's niece Olga Ulyanova, to preserve the historical heritage of the family.