Lives on and certain Lenin

The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes is travelling in a Volga car along the Volga river to take a snapshot of life in Vladimir Putin's Russia, as the presidential election looms. This is his third piece, from the city of Ulyanovsk.

For those peculiar individuals who still mourn the loss of the Soviet Union: I have good news.
In this remote city on the edge of European Russia something of the USSR lives on.
The first sign I had entered a time warp came as I tried to check in to my hotel. A very severe-looking woman in large spectacles and heavy make-up demanded to see my passport, visa and police registration.
This is normal in Russia. What came next is not, or is not supposed to be.
"Mr Wingfield, may I ask what is the purpose of your visit to Ulyanovsk?" the lady asked me.
"I'm a journalist," I said.

A dying industry Rupert prepares for trip

A dying industry Rupert prepares for trip

From her expression this was clearly tantamount to admitting I work for MI6.
"Who are you planning to meet while in Ulyanovsk?" she demanded. I wanted to tell her it was none of her business, but I new that would only make things worse.
"The governor's office," I blurted.
Then came the question that really floored me: "Mr Wingfield, exactly how many years have you been a journalist?"
I began to giggle. "Is this for real?" I asked.
My new friend did not see the joke.
Lenin museum
Perhaps I should not have been surprised, after all, Ulyanovsk is the birthplace of a certain Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The city is named after his family. And in Ulyanovsk there is no escape from him. The city is named after his family. And in Ulyanovsk there is no escape from him.
Stepping out of my hotel, I crossed Soviet Street towards the vast edifice that is the Vladimir Lenin Museum.
It stands high on a bluff overlooking the Volga river, a huge lump of brutalist white marble. It was built in 1970 to mark the 100th anniversary of the great man's birth.
Inside, I walked past hundreds of glass cases stuffed with Lenin memorabilia, past a Lenin library, and a Lenin conference hall. At the centre of the museum stands the very house in which Lenin was born - dismantled and rebuilt here.

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1.You can live on very little amount of money.
2.You can live on only by eating potaoes.
3.You can live on for a short period of time if you are sufferning from a disease like cancer.
If you read the fourth sentence of the above, you will read the words 'USSR lives on'.
What does it mean?
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Perhaps I should not have been surprised, after all, Ulyanovsk is the birthplace of a certain Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
What is the meaning of the words 'certain Vladimir IIyich Lenin'?
I would write 'Ulyanovsk is the birthplace of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin'.
We don't say the USA is the birthplace of a certain Bill Clinton.
We say the USA is the birthplace of Bill Clinton.