The larger the scale of a historical person, the more myths and legends circulate around him. The leader of the world proletariat, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, is no exception. There are many completely irrational stories about him, and the narrators assure that they are genuine …
Lenin - a descendant of a witch?
It is known that the ancestors of the mother of Vladimir Ulyanov - nee Maria Blank - came from Western Europe. German psychologist Gunther Kruse claims that he is the great-nephew of the leader of the proletariat. Conducting genealogical research, he accidentally discovered in the archives a mention of the fact that one of Ulyanov-Lenin's great-grandmothers in the medieval era was burned at the stake. The inquisitors accused her of practicing witchcraft and black magic.
Who kidnapped Volodya Ulyanov?
A well-known publicist, author of numerous hoaxes, Igor Bunich, in one of his "history" books, mentions an interesting fact. On August 14, 1873, an unidentified flying object was observed over one of the churches in the city of Simbirsk, where the Ulyanov family then lived. It looked like a ball glowing with blue light. At the same time, in the vicinity of Simbirsk, a massive loss of livestock began.
On the same day, three-year-old Volodya Ulyanov disappeared. Together with his older brother Sasha, the baby walked in the yard. But seven-year-old Sasha could not explain where his little brother had gone.
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The Ulyanovs went to the police. The search was unsuccessful. But two weeks later, the missing child was found on the side of the road thirty miles from the city by peasants returning from haymaking. The boy seemed to be in a trance. At first, he did not even react to the parents who came for him. But suddenly Volodya said clearly: "In 75 years Israel will be reborn!" Then he burst into tears and called mom. After that he came to his senses, and nothing strange was noticed behind him.
Volodya did not manage to tell where he was all this time. But it looks like he was cared for, he was clean and well fed.
I. Bunich directly linked the disappearance of little Volodya with the appearance of a UFO. True, from what archives the late Bunich "got" this story, it will remain a secret for us.
Forever Alive Ilyich
The ghost of Lenin, according to legends, allegedly first appeared during the life of the leader. One day in October 1923, Lenin suddenly arrived at the Kremlin. He was alone, without guards or escorts. The guards watched in amazement as Vladimir Ilyich walked silently through the rooms … Still, the situation looked rather strange, and the chief of the guard decided to call the residence in Gorki. He was told that Lenin was at home and for health reasons could not go anywhere. By the way, according to eyewitnesses, the "double" who arrived in the Kremlin moved without any problems, while Vladimir Ilyich was partially paralyzed and could hardly walk, leaning on a stick …
After the death of the leader, "paranormal activities" became regular. Kremlin officials said that an alarm was randomly triggered in the building, or voices, sounds of footsteps and moving furniture could be heard from Lenin's apartment-museum at night. Sometimes the light came on by itself, and sometimes the gramophone turned on and records with Lenin's speeches started up …
One of the last episodes took place in 1993. Once Sergei Filatov, then head of the Presidential Administration of Russia, sat up late in his office over the documents. Suddenly he heard someone's footsteps upstairs. At the same time, Filatov knew for sure that there, in the apartment-museum, there was no one at the moment. The guards checked the premises, but, of course, found no one.
They also talk about the appearance of Lenin's phantom over the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower. It is curious that the ghost looked gigantic, while during his lifetime the leader was not very tall.
Something mysterious allegedly happens in the house-museum of Lenin in Samara, where the Ulyanov family once lived. Museum workers claim that at night someone walks through the empty rooms of the second floor of the mansion. Sometimes the aroma of coffee and pies with cabbage and apples, which, according to the stories, Lenin adored during his lifetime, floats through the building …
There was also such an episode. One woman walked home late at night past the museum building. And suddenly she noticed in the window … Lenin. According to the lady, it was undoubtedly Vladimir Ilyich. He stood with one hand outstretched forward and the other tucked behind the armhole of his vest. The eyewitness was seized by a terrible fear and she rushed away.
By the way, rumors about ghosts in the Samara museum arose only after the Russian public once again began to discuss the removal of Lenin's body from the Mausoleum …
Irina Shlionskaya