Geriatra, Neurologist, Neurophysiologist, Head of the Gerontology Section of the Moscow Society of Nature Tests at MSU Valery Novoselov familiarized himself with the “Diary of Ulyanov’s Diary” – Medical Documentation of the Founder of the USSR Vladimir Lenin. About this, Novoselov told in an interview with the Moscow Komsomolets.
The doctor explained that the diary describes the period of Lenin’s life from May 28, 1922 to January 21, 1924. Three neurologists led him in turn: Alexey Kozhevnikov, Vasily Kramer and Victor Osipov. So, on May 30, 1922, in the document it is recorded: “The patient cannot tell any phrase entirely, there is not enough words, constantly yawns. I wanted to go to the restroom, does not know how to use a toothbrush – first took the brushes brush in the hands and perplexed I looked and did not know how to be. On the same day, judging by the records, then the then Secretary General of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) Joseph Stalin came to Lenin, and they led “conversation about Suicidium.”
Novoselov also reported that the doctors were located next to Lenin constantly, in the house and around the perimeter on duty. “I learned curiously from the diary, which was less than a week before the death of Ilyich was in the forest. There is an appropriate entry of January 16, 1924:” The patient spent the day in the forest on the hunt “,” the doctor shared.
The last entry in the diary of Lenin’s Diseases, made on the day of his death, January 21, 1924, Novoselov led completely. It says that the revolutionary slept in the afternoon for several hours, at 17:30 his breathing was frequent and became intermittent, the temperature rose to 37 degrees Celsius. At 18:00, Lenin began vomiting, his condition became a comatose with tonic tension of muscles.
“At 18:30, saliva appeared, painted with blood, a bite of the tongue was found. Pupils are moderately expanded, a weak reaction of the cornea, the phenomena is not observed. The gradual weakening of tendon phenomena, pulse 90, breathing 36, right. Then a sudden tide to the head Bagrow coloring of the face, a sudden respiratory stop in 18-50. The head leaned back, the pallor covered the face. Such hyperemia lasted 1 minute and changed to a dead paleness. The status was flying at 18:50 installed by Professors Ferster, Osipov and Elistratov, “says the diary.
Lenin’s diseases consists of 410 sheets with the description of the last days and death policy. He is still classified as far as: in 1999, Lenin’s niece (daughter of his brother Dmitry Ulyanova) appealed to the archive with a request to extend for 25 years restricting access to documents. The period of restrictions will expire on January 21, 2024.