When I was a kid I did meet someone who was a reporter who did meet him personally. Too bad I was way too young to have any meaningful conversation with him (the reporter not Lenin ofc). And anyways he was old as fuck by then so I doubt he'd still have the capacity to do that. Fuck I can't even remember his name. I do remember my dad saying the grandfather of one of his friend's was coming over and making a big deal about how he had interviewed Kerensky and met with Lenin.