The Washington herald., 1922-03-13
LENnN NOT jew
AND RIGHT NAME
IS OUIIANOFF
Writer Presents Closeup
Study of Russian Leader
And His Rise.
By AMBROSE LAMBERT.

any other. since I came out Of Rus
STA
The general public seems to be
firmly convinced that he Is.
As q mstt<rgof fact he isn't. He
Is pure Russian. descendant Of what
socially in England would be called
q good county family"
His father was an important gov
ernment official under the Czar and
Jews were not important government
officials under the Car.
Ouiianoff Is his real name. Lenin
being one of his aliases; he probably
has. like the other leading revolu-
tionaries, . dozen more adopted to
throw their Czaristic "pursuers" of
the track as they moved place to
place during the fervid prerevolu-
ton days.
At the Kazan University In the
Tartar Republic they now proudly
couple his name with that Of Count
Tolstoy. both having been expelled
from that seat Of learning for their
freedom Of thought and expression.
In Russia today the recognised
form of salutation or reference among
Communists Is "taverish" which
means comrade. Non-Communists
call themselves 'caspardeen," which
means simply citizen.
Lenin Called "nlych."
All Communists refer to each
| other as taverish yet no Bolshevik
| speaks Of Lenin privately as "Tav-
erish Lenin." He is afectionately
called "Illych." after his father. He
Is the only man in Russia who pos
sesses that distinction.
Telephone the Kremiin and ask to
speak to ''Taverish Lenin's secre-
tary" and you are cut of with that
peremptoriliness that is so developed
among our best American telephone
operators. Ask for "Illych's secre-
tary" and you get instantaneous
service.
| Lenin is a dificult man to inter-
view but not a difficult man to see
at close range. He attends various
public meetings, and demonstrations
of new inventions, particularly those
in any wav connected with the elec-
trifcation of Russia which Is his
greatest hobby. have seen him
tramp up and down a slushy. muddy
field on a November day. for hours
watching the operation of a new
electric tractor invented In Russia
He was in the midst Of a crowd OF
hundreds where the opportunities for
assassination were a million to one
In favor. He had arrived in an open
car. (most Of his fellow commissars
use magnificent Rolls Royce limous
ines) accompanied by four obviously
of his bodyguard. The quick, daring
way he merged into the assembled
crowd would have made it impossibl,
for them to have protected hin
against any attempt on his life. Or
another occasion I saw him watkins
up an down in front Of the Crane
Theater in Moscow. smiling and chat
ting with group after group. befor,
entering the theater to address ,
meeting.
Cap Makes Him DsnPy.
| In appearance he is inconspicu
Gus. He Is of medium height will
a slight scholarly bend of the heat
but square shouldered. rather deel
chested. with a nice, comforts bl,
rotund waist. In warm weather h,
invariably wears a blue braided
yachting cap pulled well down
which gives him rather a dumpy ap
pearance particularly when he ha!
an overcoat on. In winter, al
astrakan peskless hat and a com
Portable fur coat are his outdoo,
attire.
His taste in clothes runs to mod
est dark greys with a minute blacl
check. His hands are small ant
well fashioned as are his feet. Hi
black laced boots look American o
a comfortable last. His face is o
the slightly Tartar type. particular
ly about the cheekbones and eyes
His photographs give a wrong i'm
preston of him as seen in tn,
flesh. His blond coloration of ski
and sandy pointed beard. slight!
touched with grey. and particular.
the humorous wrinkles about hi
almost slant blue eyes modify th'
saturninity invariably found in hi!
darksome menacing photographs
With his hat Off. the huge sweep o
his domelike head hits you will
mule kick force.
The man on the street with
yachting cap who looked simply I
good natured individual intereste'
mainly in hearing or telling a goo
tale became transformed into an
other person. good humored, goo,
natured, and loving good stor!
still. but with a double turrete'
brain disclosed that demanded at
tention.
On the platform Lenin has non
of the magnetic personality o
Trotsky. He neither dresses tn,
part of the orator nor has he tn
graces in gesture nor in CAREFUL.
timed climaxes or peroration. H
Of hof Nio ho
emotionally sweeps an audience OF
it's feet. Trotsky has it. and un
questionably ranks as one of tn
great orators of the present day.
Trotsky sends his hearers ava!
toric. Lenin sends his audienc
away to ponder and to think.
In the Kremlin, that ancien
stronghold of Czardom. fortress
city and royal desmesne. whcr
Lenin lives he has the reputation o
being an indefatigable worker. Mid
night meetings with his fellow
commissars. discussing policies an,
programs are the rule. These meet
inCs last interminably. He doe
with little sleep save when tn
wound which he received at kieff I
few years ago at the hands of
woman and which has never entire
ly healed begins to trouble him
His life from everything l coul'
gather Is Of extreme simplicity. H
is married but his wife Is not calle
either Madam or Tavarish Lenin
but Cruspi. she retaining as do 81
many Communists wives her owl
name. She Is also a hard worker
Childless. Lenin is a lover of chill
dren and cats. He carries his low
of children to an extent that find
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