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Ulyanovsk - Cities of Russia green signboard animation on the highway with loop Ulyanovsk,[a] (Tatar: Сембер, Chuvash: Чĕмпĕр) known until 1924 as Simbirsk,[b] is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River 705 kilometers (438 mi) east of Moscow. Population: 617,352 (2021 Census);[11] 613,786 (2010 Census);[4] 635,947 (2002 Census);[12] 625,155 (1989 Census).[13] The city was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov), for whom it was renamed after his death in 1924; and of Alexander Kerensky, the leader of the Russian Provisional Government which Lenin overthrew during the October Revolution of 1917. It is also famous for its writers such as Ivan Goncharov, Nikolay Yazykov and Nikolay Karamzin, and for painters such as Arkady Plastov and Nikas Safronov. UNESCO has designated Ulyanovsk as a City of Literature since 2015.[14]