One time Lenin's widow, Nadezhda Krupskaya, visits an elementary school. The schoolchildren asked her to tell them a story Vladimir Lenin. ""Children, you should know about Lenin's great kindness."" she says with eyes misty. ""I remember once he was shaving his beard outside of home, and a little child was passing by & asked him (What are you doing, Mr Lenin?) And my kind loving husband replied (Oh, my little fella, I'm just shaving my beard.)"" ""But Ms Lenin"", asked one of the children, ""Where's the love & kindness in that?"" She answered: ""Were you not paying attention, you little thing? The razor was in my husband's hand and he decided not slit the child's throat!""