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Ulyanova was Homeschooled . She studied German , French and English languages and Russia n and Western Literature . In 1863 , Ulyanova took an External Degree and became an Elementary School Teacher . However, she dedicated most of her life to her children, some of whom would become prominent Revolutionaries .

Maria Ulyanova displayed an incredible courage and firmness in the face of tragedies and misfortunes that would haunt her family during her lifetime, namely, the death of her husband Ilya Ulyanov in 1886 , the Execution of her son Aleksandr Ulyanov in 1887 , the death of her daughter Olga in 1891 , the multiple Arrest s and Exile s of the rest of her children - Vladimir, Anna , Dmitry and Maria . She even went abroad twice to meet with Vladimir Lenin (to France in the summer of 1902 and Stockholm in the fall of 1910 ).