1917 Russian Revolution Collection

Lenin giving a speech to Vsevobuch servicemen on the first anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet armed forces
LSE4317937 Lenin giving a speech to Vsevobuch servicemen on the first anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet armed forces, Red Square, Moscow, 25th May 1919 (photo) by Unknown photographer

Lenin addressing vsevobuch troops on red square in moscow on may 25, 1919. - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Lenin) (1870-1924)
GIA4726443 Lenin addressing vsevobuch troops on red square in moscow on may 25, 1919. - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Lenin) (1870-1924) by Russian Photographer (20th century)

Lenin giving a speech to Vsevobuch servicemen on the first anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet armed forces
FIA5402441 Lenin giving a speech to Vsevobuch servicemen on the first anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet armed forces, Red Square, Moscow, 25th May 1919 (photo) by Unknown photographer

Nikolai Lenin addressing a street crowd on a First of May Celebration in Russia
3525265 Nikolai Lenin addressing a street crowd on a First of May Celebration in Russia.; (add.info.: Nikolai Lenin addressing a street crowd on a First of May Celebration in Russia)

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov alias Lenin, 1917
1579817 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov alias Lenin, 1917; (add.info.: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov alias Lenin (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 - 21 January 1924) was a Russian communist revolutionary

Russian Revolution, October 1917. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Ulyanov) 1870-1924 addressing the crowd in Red Square, Moscow
535292 Russian Revolution, October 1917. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Ulyanov) 1870-1924 addressing the crowd in Red Square, Moscow. Photograph.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Storming the Winter Palace in Petrograd on 25th October, 1917, , 1927 (film still)
7167305 Storming the Winter Palace in Petrograd on 25th October, 1917, , 1927 (film still); Institute for the History of Material Culture, St

The End of the Provisional Government; Lenin's Red Guard on the streets of Petrograd, 1917 (b/w photo)
3331003 The End of the Provisional Government; Lenin's Red Guard on the streets of Petrograd, 1917 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Photograph of members of the Red Guards)

Lenin anouncing decree on the land at soviet congress on november 8, 1917, c.1920 (illustration)
1742301 Lenin anouncing decree on the land at soviet congress on november 8, 1917, c.1920 (illustration); (add.info.: Lenin (Vladimir Illitch Oulianov 1870-1924), soviet communist leader

Revolution russe d'octobre 1917 : "les premiers jours d'octobre"(The first days of October)
FIA5368127 Revolution russe d octobre 1917 : " les premiers jours d octobre" (The first days of October). La prise du Palais d hiver de Saint Petersbourg le 25 octobre 1917

Revolutionary Demonstration in February 1917 (oil on canvas)
FIA5359104 Revolutionary Demonstration in February 1917 (oil on canvas) by Nilus, Peter Alexandrovich (1869-1943); State Art Gallery, Odessa, Ukraine; (add.info.: Episode of the Bolshevik revolution)

Manifestation revolutionnaire a Moscou en 1917 (Revolutionary demonstration in Moscow in 1917)
FIA5338907 Manifestation revolutionnaire a Moscou en 1917 (Revolutionary demonstration in Moscow in 1917). Episode de la revolution proletarienne bolchevique dans les rues de la capitale russe

Les partisans du Daguestan (The Red Partisans Of Dagestan). Description d'une famille de montagnards
FIA5366712 Les partisans du Daguestan (The Red Partisans Of Dagestan). Description d une famille de montagnards, partisans de la revolution d octobre 1917

Guerre civile russe : le destroyer britannique Victoria torpille par le sous marin bolchevique Pantera au large de
FIA5365124 Guerre civile russe : le destroyer britannique Victoria torpille par le sous marin bolchevique Pantera au large de l ile de Seskar (Golfe de Finlande)

Attaque (Chars et cavalerie de l'Armee Rouge durant la revolution d'octobre)
FIA5355057 Attaque (Chars et cavalerie de l Armee Rouge durant la revolution d octobre) - Attack - Peinture de George (Georgy, Georgi) Konstantinovich Savitsky (1887-1949), huile sur toile

Red Army and the Red Fleet 1918-1923 (gouache and ink on paper)
FIA5403411 Red Army and the Red Fleet 1918-1923 (gouache and ink on paper) by Moor, Dmitry (Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov) (1883-1946); 101x69 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Fine Art Images

L'Armee Rouge attaque Crondstadt (Russie) en mars 1921 (Red Army Troops Attack Krondstadt on march 1921)
FIA5369495 L Armee Rouge attaque Crondstadt (Russie) en mars 1921 (Red Army Troops Attack Krondstadt on march 1921). Suite a la revolte de Cronstadt contre le pouvoir bolchevique

La revolution russe de fevrier 1917 a Moscou. (The February Revolution in Moscow)
FIA5370740 La revolution russe de fevrier 1917 a Moscou. (The February Revolution in Moscow). Peinture de Vasili Nikitich Meshkov (Vassili Mechkov) (1868-1946), 1917. Huile sur toile

Une reunion du comite des paysans pauvres en 1918 (A Sitting of the Poor Peasants Committee in 1918)
FIA5369600 Une reunion du comite des paysans pauvres en 1918 (A Sitting of the Poor Peasants Committee in 1918). Peinture de Alexander Viktorovich Moravov (Alexandre Victor) (1878-1951)

Les partisans du Daguestan (The Red Partisans Of Dagestan). Description de montagnards partisans bolcheviques
FIA5366723 Les partisans du Daguestan (The Red Partisans Of Dagestan). Description de montagnards partisans bolcheviques, lors de la saison des recoltes

Barricade (Le Christ apparait pres des corps d'enfants morts et blesses gisant dans la rue)
FIA5351519 Barricade (Le Christ apparait pres des corps d enfants morts et blesses gisant dans la rue, derrieres les restes d une barricade de mobilier)

La prise d'un tank en Crimee (The Capture of a Tank in the Crimea). Scene de bataille durant la guerre civile russe
FIA5376205 La prise d un tank en Crimee (The Capture of a Tank in the Crimea). Scene de bataille durant la guerre civile russe (1917-1923), opposant l armee blanche aux gardes rouges

Levons plus haut le drapeau de Karl Marx (1818-1883), Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), Lenine (Vladimir Ilitch Oulianov)
FIA5373526 Levons plus haut le drapeau de Karl Marx (1818-1883), Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), Lenine (Vladimir Ilitch Oulianov, 1870-1924) et Joseph Staline (1878-1953)

Bolshevic Demonstration During the Russian Revolution, Petrograd, 1917 (b/w photo)
1701626 Bolshevic Demonstration During the Russian Revolution, Petrograd, 1917 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); (add.info)

Octobre 1917, a Saint Petersbourg (October 1917 in Petrograd). Scene d action entre un groupe de revolutionnaires
FIA5331363 Octobre 1917, a Saint Petersbourg (October 1917 in Petrograd). Scene d action entre un groupe de revolutionnaires armes, dont l un vient de tuer un officier de l armee russe

The 27th of February 1917, 1917 (painting)
885301 The 27th of February 1917, 1917 (painting) by Kustodiev, Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: by Boris Mikhaelovitch Kustodiev (1878-1927))

Female Soldiers, Russia, 1917 (b / w photo)
1730129 Female Soldiers, Russia, 1917 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Russia, 1917 : battalion of women)

Petrograd, Russia, during the February Revolution, 1917 (litho)
7200805 Petrograd, Russia, during the February Revolution, 1917 (litho) by Vladimirov, Ivan Alexeyevich (1869-1947) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Petrograd, Russia)

Portrait de Felix Dzerjinski (1877-1926), revolutionnaire bolchevique, fondateur et dirigeant de la Tcheka (Feliks E)
FIA5386223 Portrait de Felix Dzerjinski (1877-1926), revolutionnaire bolchevique, fondateur et dirigeant de la Tcheka (Feliks E)

Le clerge russe pelletant le fumier - Russian clergy shoveling hay: September 1918
FIA5395391 Le clerge russe pelletant le fumier - Russian clergy shoveling hay: September 1918 (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution) - Vladimirov

Avant la perquisition et la saisie - Before search and seizure (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution)
FIA5395385 Avant la perquisition et la saisie - Before search and seizure (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution) - Vladimirov

Requisition (confiscation) des tresors d une eglise de Saint Petersbourg, le 5 mai 1922 - Requisition of the church
FIA5395377 Requisition (confiscation) des tresors d une eglise de Saint Petersbourg, le 5 mai 1922 - Requisition of the church treasures in Petrograd 5th May 1922

Competition sportive dans le jardin imperial, Saint Petersbourg (des enfants jettent des cailloux sur une statue de)
FIA5395392 Competition sportive dans le jardin imperial, Saint Petersbourg (des enfants jettent des cailloux sur une statue de femme nue) - Sporting competition in the Imperial Gardens: Petrograd

Soldiers burning paintings (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution)
FIA5395394 Soldiers burning paintings (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution) - Oeuvre de Ivan Alexeyevich Vladimirov (1869-1947) - 1917 - Watercolour on paper - 25, 7x34

Soldats pillant un wagon de chemin de fer - Soldiers plundering a railway wagon
FIA5395369 Soldats pillant un wagon de chemin de fer - Soldiers plundering a railway wagon (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution) - Vladimirov

Revolution russe de 1917 : interieur du monastere Chudov dans le Kremlin de Moscou apres le bombardement de novembre
FIA5411063 Revolution russe de 1917 : interieur du monastere Chudov dans le Kremlin de Moscou apres le bombardement de novembre 1917. Photographie de Pyotr Petrovich Pavlov (1860-1925), 1917

Un incendie au chateau lituanien, Revolution de fevrier 1917, Saint Petersbourg (A Fire At The Lithuanian Castle)
FIA5367414 Un incendie au chateau lituanien, Revolution de fevrier 1917, Saint Petersbourg (A Fire At The Lithuanian Castle, February Revolution 1917)

Une contre attaque a Tsaritsin en 1919 - A counterattack at Tsaritsyn on 1919 - Peinture de Mitrofan Borisovich Grekov
FIA5374885 Une contre attaque a Tsaritsin en 1919 - A counterattack at Tsaritsyn on 1919 - Peinture de Mitrofan Borisovich Grekov (1882-1934), huile sur toile, 1933 - Art russe, 20e siecle

Porte drapeau et clairon (Standard Bearer and Horn Player). Deux soldats d un regiment de cavalerie de l armee rouge
FIA5360314 Porte drapeau et clairon (Standard Bearer and Horn Player). Deux soldats d un regiment de cavalerie de l armee rouge, durant la revolution d octobre 1917

La pause de la cavalerie, le 29e regiment de cavalerie a Bukhara. (The rest of the Cavalry)
FIA5359257 La pause de la cavalerie, le 29e regiment de cavalerie a Bukhara. (The rest of the Cavalry, The 29 cavalry Regiment in Bukhara)

Couverture du recueil de poesies "Ca va bien !"de Vladimir Mayakovski (ou Maiakovski, Mayakovsky)
FIA5384176 Couverture du recueil de poesies " Ca va bien !" de Vladimir Mayakovski (ou Maiakovski, Mayakovsky, Majakovskij) (1894-1930)

The Freedom Loan, 1917 (colour litho)
FIA5371441 The Freedom Loan, 1917 (colour litho) by Kustodiev, Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927); State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia; Photo © Fine Art Images

Yakov Sverdlov, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and politician (b / w photo)
7200804 Yakov Sverdlov, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and politician (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Yakov Sverdlov (1885-1919)

La bataille a Yegorlykskaya (Russie). Episode de la guerre civile russe (1917-1923)
FIA5381124 La bataille a Yegorlykskaya (Russie). Episode de la guerre civile russe (1917-1923), affrontement des cavaleries de l armee rouge et de l armee blanche, dans les plaines enneigees

Affiche de film, "Octobre"(Movie Poster October) - Oeuvre de Georgi Avgustovich Stenberg (1900-1933)
FIA5361881 Affiche de film, " Octobre" (Movie Poster October) - Oeuvre de Georgi Avgustovich Stenberg (1900-1933), lithographie, 1927, art russe 20e siecle

The death of the commissioner, 1928 (oil on canvas)
FIA5357053 The death of the commissioner, 1928 (oil on canvas) by Petrov-Vodkin, Kuzma Sergeevich (1878-1939); State Russian Museum, St

Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (1870-1922) and Elena Ivanovna Rukavishnikova (1876-1939)
FIA5404395 Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (1870-1922) and Elena Ivanovna Rukavishnikova (1876-1939), Anonymous. Photograph, ca 1896, Museum of Regional Studies, Rozhdestveno by Unknown photographer

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"The First Days of October: The 1917 Russian Revolution" In the midst of political turmoil and social unrest, the October Revolution of 1917 marked a turning point in Russian history. On the 25th of October, the iconic Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg was seized by revolutionaries, symbolizing the overthrowing of the Provisional Government. The revolutionary spirit had been brewing since February earlier that year when massive demonstrations erupted throughout Moscow. One such powerful depiction captured on canvas portrays this momentous event, showcasing the strength and determination of those fighting for change. As the Bolshevik proletarian revolution unfolded in the streets of Russia's capital city, another scene emerged from Dagestan. A family of mountain dwellers stood as steadfast supporters of the October Revolution during guerrilla warfare in North Caucasus between 1914 and 1921. Their story sheds light on how ordinary people became partisans for a cause they believed in. The Russian Civil War brought further chaos to these turbulent times. In an unexpected turn, a British destroyer named Victoria fell victim to a torpedo attack by a Bolshevik submarine called Pantera off Seskar Island in Finland's Gulf. This incident highlighted not only international involvement but also showcased how naval power played a role amidst internal conflict. Artists like George Konstantinovich Savitsky captured pivotal moments during this period through their work. His painting "Attack" depicts Red Army tanks and cavalry charging forward during the October Revolution, immortalizing their bravery and dedication to their cause. Meanwhile, gouache and ink paintings depicted scenes from both land and sea battles fought by Red Army troops between 1918-1923 - illustrating their resilience against counter-revolutionary forces across various fronts. One notable event occurred when Krondstadt rebelled against Bolshevik rule leading to an assault by Red Army troops in March 1921. This clash exemplified internal strife within revolutionary ranks while highlighting challenges faced by those seeking stability amid a nation in transition.