Claim: The revisions in the Table of Ranks, which was introduced by Peter the Great in 1722, allowed Vladimir Lenin to reach 4th rank and become an "active state councillor" and was used until the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Evidence: The father of Vladimir Lenin progressed in the management of education, reaching the 4th rank and becoming an "active state councillor" (действительный статский советник), which gave him the privilege of hereditary nobility.