Complex sentence: A renowned linguistic school operated at the university in the years 1875-1883 and between August 1887 and his expulsion in December 1884 future founding father of the Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin studied law at the university.
Split into simpler sentences: A renowned linguistic school operated at the university in the years 1875-1883. Notably, between August 1887 and his expulsion in December 1884, Vladimir Lenin, future founding father of the Soviet Union, studied law at the university.