What hid the brain of Lenin?
There is such a theory that the brain of a genius differs in physical parameters from the brain of an ordinary person. And in the USSR, Lenin was considered the most brilliant person in history. Although there is hardly the slightest opportunity to find the most ingenious person of all time.
It is not surprising that Soviet scientists began to study the brain of Lenin. The idea of creating the ideal person in the first half of the last century was popular. And who was more suitable for the role of an ideal in the Soviet Union than Lenin?
What did Lenin die of?
Lenin's brain was removed from his skull immediately after his death. As it turned out, most of it was struck. Later, a rumor appeared that an area no larger than a walnut remained intact, but any person who is knowledgeable in medicine will say that this is impossible. Nevertheless, the doctors were surprised how he could remain alive and look adequate in this state. But he should not even have regained consciousness in this state.
According to the version of Kremlin doctors, the cause of death was cerebral arteriosclerosis, which subsequently led to a stroke. The condition of his carotid artery confirmed this version. It was so hard that you could knock on it with a metal object.
But the destroyed brain said that Vladimir Ilyich suffered from a serious illness. Actually, this was not a secret. By the end of 1922, he had virtually ceased to rule the state and was constantly in his country house in Gorki under the supervision of doctors. Of course, the last point was put by a stroke, but it happened against the background of a long and serious illness.
The common version in Soviet times that the cause of the death of Vladimir Ilyich was a poisoned bullet fired by Fanny Kaplan into it, simply does not hold water. Lenin was shot in February 1918, and he died in January 1924. The poison would either kill him soon after the assassination attempt or not, but that certainly would not have happened in six years.
Moreover, in the most severe form, the symptoms of the disease began to appear in 1921. Then violations of speech, motor and mental activity began to arise. Nightmare visions began to visit him at night.
There are many versions of the disease, but none of them has been proven. They talked about a hereditary disease, because his father died of a stroke at about the same age. Among the white emigration, there was a version that Ilyich was sick with syphilis and died of complications. It was also suggested that he was deliberately and systematically poisoned with small doses of poison in order to take his place at the helm of the country.
But, as was said earlier, it is practically impossible to determine the true cause of Lenin's death today.
Size matters?
Regarding the causes of death, it is clear that nothing is clear. But whether the researchers of his brain managed to find obvious causes of genius.
The greater the muscle mass of a person, the stronger it is. By analogy, we can assume that the larger the brain, the smarter its owner.
In Vladimir Ilyich, the volume of the cranium was more than modest, and the size of the brain is smaller than that of an average person. But this does not at all testify to his low mental abilities.
There are many cases where the brain size of prominent people was less than normal, although there were reverse cases. For example, the brain of the famous French writer Anatole France weighed about one kilogram, much less than that of Lenin, approximately like the average pithecanthropus. But this did not stop him from creating his works and becoming world famous.
Search for signs of Lenin's genius
Since the relationship between the size of the human brain and its genius was not revealed, we decided to look for its signs in the structure of the brain. To do this, they invited the leading world expert in this field, the German professor Oscar Vogt.
All conditions were created for the invited foreigner. The study of the brain of Lenin took up a whole newly created Institute of the brain. Professor Vogt made more than 30 thousand sections from the leader’s brain in order to study it in layers and in the smallest details, comparing it with similar samples of ordinary people. The work lasted about three years, from 1925 to 1927. As a result of research, it was possible to find differences from the structure of the brain of an ordinary person at the cellular level. Some layers turned out to be more developed, unlike other samples.
It was immediately declared to the whole world that evidence was found of Lenin's super genius. The German specialist went home, where he began to enjoy even greater authority among his colleagues than before.
But here another authoritative German scientist, Professor Spielrein, having studied the work of his colleague, said that the found signs are evidence of not genius, but dementia. Actually, this was not surprising, because in the last years of his life, Lenin was a deeply sick, partially paralyzed person, he could hardly move and speak.
Upon learning of this, the Soviet authorities banned Professor Vogt from entering the country and confiscated his equipment remaining in Moscow. Research was continued on their own, without the help of foreign experts. As a result, in 1936, it was finally and peremptorily declared at the Politburo that Lenin's genius was proved. The report indicated that his mental power can be equated to the work of 10 cerebral hemispheres of ordinary people.
On that and decided.
It is difficult to say whether Lenin was a genius, but one thing is certain. He was undoubtedly an extraordinary person who left a deep mark in history.
It is not surprising that Soviet scientists began to study the brain of Lenin. The idea of creating the ideal person in the first half of the last century was popular. And who was more suitable for the role of an ideal in the Soviet Union than Lenin?
What did Lenin die of?
Lenin's brain was removed from his skull immediately after his death. As it turned out, most of it was struck. Later, a rumor appeared that an area no larger than a walnut remained intact, but any person who is knowledgeable in medicine will say that this is impossible. Nevertheless, the doctors were surprised how he could remain alive and look adequate in this state. But he should not even have regained consciousness in this state.
According to the version of Kremlin doctors, the cause of death was cerebral arteriosclerosis, which subsequently led to a stroke. The condition of his carotid artery confirmed this version. It was so hard that you could knock on it with a metal object.
But the destroyed brain said that Vladimir Ilyich suffered from a serious illness. Actually, this was not a secret. By the end of 1922, he had virtually ceased to rule the state and was constantly in his country house in Gorki under the supervision of doctors. Of course, the last point was put by a stroke, but it happened against the background of a long and serious illness.
The common version in Soviet times that the cause of the death of Vladimir Ilyich was a poisoned bullet fired by Fanny Kaplan into it, simply does not hold water. Lenin was shot in February 1918, and he died in January 1924. The poison would either kill him soon after the assassination attempt or not, but that certainly would not have happened in six years.
Moreover, in the most severe form, the symptoms of the disease began to appear in 1921. Then violations of speech, motor and mental activity began to arise. Nightmare visions began to visit him at night.
There are many versions of the disease, but none of them has been proven. They talked about a hereditary disease, because his father died of a stroke at about the same age. Among the white emigration, there was a version that Ilyich was sick with syphilis and died of complications. It was also suggested that he was deliberately and systematically poisoned with small doses of poison in order to take his place at the helm of the country.
But, as was said earlier, it is practically impossible to determine the true cause of Lenin's death today.
Size matters?
Regarding the causes of death, it is clear that nothing is clear. But whether the researchers of his brain managed to find obvious causes of genius.
The greater the muscle mass of a person, the stronger it is. By analogy, we can assume that the larger the brain, the smarter its owner.
In Vladimir Ilyich, the volume of the cranium was more than modest, and the size of the brain is smaller than that of an average person. But this does not at all testify to his low mental abilities.
There are many cases where the brain size of prominent people was less than normal, although there were reverse cases. For example, the brain of the famous French writer Anatole France weighed about one kilogram, much less than that of Lenin, approximately like the average pithecanthropus. But this did not stop him from creating his works and becoming world famous.
Search for signs of Lenin's genius
Since the relationship between the size of the human brain and its genius was not revealed, we decided to look for its signs in the structure of the brain. To do this, they invited the leading world expert in this field, the German professor Oscar Vogt.
All conditions were created for the invited foreigner. The study of the brain of Lenin took up a whole newly created Institute of the brain. Professor Vogt made more than 30 thousand sections from the leader’s brain in order to study it in layers and in the smallest details, comparing it with similar samples of ordinary people. The work lasted about three years, from 1925 to 1927. As a result of research, it was possible to find differences from the structure of the brain of an ordinary person at the cellular level. Some layers turned out to be more developed, unlike other samples.
It was immediately declared to the whole world that evidence was found of Lenin's super genius. The German specialist went home, where he began to enjoy even greater authority among his colleagues than before.
But here another authoritative German scientist, Professor Spielrein, having studied the work of his colleague, said that the found signs are evidence of not genius, but dementia. Actually, this was not surprising, because in the last years of his life, Lenin was a deeply sick, partially paralyzed person, he could hardly move and speak.
Upon learning of this, the Soviet authorities banned Professor Vogt from entering the country and confiscated his equipment remaining in Moscow. Research was continued on their own, without the help of foreign experts. As a result, in 1936, it was finally and peremptorily declared at the Politburo that Lenin's genius was proved. The report indicated that his mental power can be equated to the work of 10 cerebral hemispheres of ordinary people.
On that and decided.
It is difficult to say whether Lenin was a genius, but one thing is certain. He was undoubtedly an extraordinary person who left a deep mark in history.
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