From 1891 to 1896 Nadezhda Krupskaya was a night school teacher. She devoted her free time to propaganda activities, for which she was later arrested. 1896 thanks to a friend, Nadezhda began to communicate with an interesting, charismatic young man, By Vladimir Ulyanov like her, he was fascinated by the ideas of Marx and Engels. The girl liked her leadership qualities and loyalty to the revolutionary movement, and their meetings became more frequent.