Quote Originally Posted by mishau_
If you try to make questions to that, you'll see that the answers start with the last word of each question.
So it might look Lenin was anwsering some supposed questions, it might be a sort of rhetorical style or something.
Typically though, if you're answering questions in Russian, you want to "get to the point," and supply the requested info right away, right? For instance "В Симбирске (я родился)," would be what the average Russian would say?

I'll sure have to add Simbirsk to my list of russian cities =).
Uhm... sure! I found this in a really odd little book called "Places Associated with Lenin in the Volga Region: an Illustrated Guidebook." It devotes about 200 pages to Simbirsk, Kazan, and Samara. I have no idea why anybody would write this or even buy it (except me, of course)


Underneath the display, a little plaque reads:
Было так мало бумаги и так немного карандашей тогда, что дети должны были писать свои упражнения на стенах зубной пастой.
OK, I'm not sure whether to cringe at this (it's true) or laugh at this (it's a joke); I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't -- I'll either be really insensitive to their plight or an uptight blockhead, so I'll just be both: