Biography of inessa armand

Primary Sources

(1) Bertram D. Wolfe, Strange Communists I Have Known (1966)

Those who knew her then remember her somewhat strange, nervous, slightly asymmetrical face, unruly, dark chestnut hair, great hypnotic eyes, and inextinguishable ardor of spirit.

Nadezhda krupskaya

She had a wider culture than any other woman in Lenin's circle (at least until Kollontay became an adherent of his during the war), a deep love of music, above all of Beethoven, who became Lenin's favorite too. She played the piano like a virtuoso, was fluent in five languages, was enormously serious about Bolshevism and work among women, and possessed personal charm and an intense love of life to which almost all who wrote of her testify.

When Lenin met her, she had just turned thirty-six.

(2) Nadezhda Krupskaya, Reminisces on Lenin (1926)

We were terribly glad... at her arrival. .

Biography of inessa armand

Nadezhda krupskaya

Vladimir armand

Inessa armand and lenin

Inessa armand photo

. . In the autumn (of 1913) all of us became very close to Inessa. In her there was much joy of life and ardor.