First of all he wanted to create an image of the man whom he believed to have taken upon himself the enormous responsibility of the fate of the country in the dramatic moments of the history of the Soviet Union.

Nikolai Baskakov wanted to show Lenin as a statesman at the time of daily work, when in charge of solving the problem of economic and cultural development.

In this painting, Lenin is thinking about the future of the young Soviet state, the younger generation, for whom the revolution has opened up new opportunities.

In 2007 the painting Lenin in the Kremlin was reproduced and described among 350 art works by Leningrad artists in the book «Unknown Socialist Realism.

In 2012 «Lenin in the Kremlin» was exhibited at the Art Show devoted to 80th Anniversary of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.