This book brings together memoirs about V.I. Lenin written by those who were closest to him: Maxim Gorky, who was friends with him for many years; Dmitry Ulyanov, the younger brother, and Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenin’s wife.
The value of these recollections is that they show V.I. Lenin as a friend, a brother, a husband—with all the particularities of his character and behavior, his habits, and even some of his weaknesses, sometimes with touches of irony about them. As a result, a vivid human portrait emerges, helping one to understand this unquestionably outstanding historical figure.