Lenin's 'No, We Will Go Another Way'

The social treatment was so bad that his only, recently widowed mother sold the family house and they all moved out of town for good. They stopped inviting the family to parties or including them in anything but whispered gossip behind their backs. It has been remarked on more than one occasion that this treatment may have played a role in vladimir's future. Now perhaps this reads too much into it, but then again, deep seated beliefs do have to come from somewhere.