Aleksandr Ulyanov

"I see [Alek] in my dreams, Anna. He calls to me, pleading for me to help him. To save him from the gallows. And I cannot."

―Nikolai, About his nightmares he had following Alek's hanging.

Aleksandr Ilyich Ulyanov (12 April 1866 – 20 May 1887) was a Russian revolutionary and older brother of Vladimir Lenin.

Aleksandr was a member of the Russian Brotherhood of Assassins and a personal friend of Nikolai Orelov. However, he was taken prisoner after an assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander III and was later hung, with Nikolai watching from the crowd.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #1