   nadezhda konstantinovna "nadya" krupskaya (, scientific transliteration nadeÅ¾da konstantinovna krupskaja) ( â 27 february 1939)mcneal, 13. was a russian bolshevik revolutionary and politician (she served as the soviet union's deputy minister of education from 1929 until her death in 1939), and the wife of vladimir lenin from 1898 until his death in 1924. ==early life== she was born to an upper-class, but impoverished, family. her father was a russian military officer, a nobleman of the russian empire. nadyaâs father, konstantin ignatâevich krupski (1837&ndash;1897), was orphaned in 1847 at nine years of age. he was educated and given a commission as an infantry officer in the russian army. just before leaving for his assignment in poland he married nadyaâs jewish mother. after six years of service, krupski lost favor with his supervisors and was charged with âun-russian activities.â he may have been suspected of being involved with revolutionaries. following this time, he worked in factories or wherever he could find work until later in life when he was recommissioned just before his death.mcneal, 5â9. her mother, elizaveta vasilyevna tistrova (1836&ndash;1903), was the daughter of landless russian nobles. elizavetaâs parents died when she was young and she was enrolled in the bestuzhev courses, the highest formal education available to women in russia during this time. after earning her degree elizaveta went on to work as a governess for noble families until she married krupski.mcneal, 11â12 having parents who were well educated, and of aristocratic descent, combined with firsthand experience with lower class working conditions probably led to the formation of many of nadyaâs ideological beliefs. âfrom her very childhood krupskaya was inspired with the spirit of protest against the ugly life around her.âc. bobrovskaija, lenin and krupskaja (new york city : workers library publishers, inc., 1940), 4. one of nadyaâs friends 
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