During the period of Russia, it was "Simbilsk Province (симбирскаягуберия)." It covers an area of 49,493 square kilometers.
Lenin's father, Ilya ulyanov, was an inspector of the state education department in Simbilsk province. Because of his achievements in national education for many years, he was promoted to the director of provincial national education and was awarded the title of aristocrat.
However, Lenin's grandmother was a Kalmyk (Turkic, Mongolia) who originally lived in the Kalmyk Autonomous Republic in the lower reaches of the Volga River.