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Krupskaya

American  
[kroop-skuh-yuh] / ˈkrup skə jə /

noun

  1. Nadezhda Konstantinovna 1869–1939, Russian social worker and wife of V.I. Lenin.


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His widow, Nadezhda Krupskaya, wanted him to be buried in a conventional grave.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2024

Education today would be unrecognizable to people such as John Dewey and Nadezhda Krupskaya, theorists of learning for the greater good.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2018

The letters to his wife, Krupskaya, and references to her before and after marriage, are as impersonally businesslike as all the others.

From Time Magazine Archive

Krupskaya was Lenin's nurse, companion and confidante, who saw to it that he ate regularly and had his hair cut; Inessa was gay, impudent and not afraid to oppose Lenin's views with her own.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lenin's wife Nadezhda Krupskaya was similarly well educated and strong willed.

From Time Magazine Archive

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