Bolshevik Collection (page 8)

Leon Trotsky, exiled Russian Communist leader, arriving in Paris, c1933. Trotsky (1879-1940) was expelled from the Communist Party

Trotsky and Russian delegates welcomed by German officers, Brest-Litovsk, Russia, 1917. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), Russian Communist leader

Lenin unveiling the Danton monument, Moscow, Russia, 1919. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) in front of the monument to Georges Danton (1759-1794), a leading figure of the French Revolution

Soviet experts appraising the confiscated Russian crown jewels, c1917-c1918(?). Artist
Soviet experts appraising the confiscated Russian crown jewels, c1917-c1918(?)

Maxim Gorky, Russian author, c1930 (1956). Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature. A print from People

Lenin reviews the 11th group of graduates of the First Moscow Soviet Machine-Gun Commander School in the Kremlin Moscow, May 12, 1920. From. by. [, London, .]

Lenin, founder of the New Russia, 1924, (1938). The preserved body of Lenin. From These Tremendous Years 1919-1938. [Daily Express, London, 1938]

The Life of Lenin, 1936. Artist: Pyotr Nikolayevich Staronossov
The Life of Lenin, 1936. Lenins speech from the armoured car, Petrograd. From a series of woodcuts for The Life of Lenin, 1936. From The Studio Volume 127

Some of the leaders of the Russian revolution, 1917, (c1920). Mikhail Vladimirovich Rodzianko (seated second from left), Colonel Engelhart and Kerensky (standing second from right)

Portrait of the Politician Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, 1951. Artist: Ivan Semyonovich Sorokin
Portrait of the Politician Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, 1951. Khrushchev (1894-1971) joined the Communist Party in 1918, rising through the party ranks to become a member of the Politburo in 1939

The Capturing of a Tank near Kakhovka, 1927. Artist: Ivan Vladimirov
The Capturing of a Tank near Kakhovka, 1927. During the Russian Civil War, the area around the port city of Kakhovka on the River Dnieper saw very fierce fighting similar to the trench warfare of

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and author Maxim Gorky, Moscow, USSR, 1931. Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature

Russian Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin at a radio recording in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, 1919. Lenin (1870-1924) became leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic

Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary leader, aged 4, with his sister Olga, 1874. Lenin (1870-1924) became leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic

Russian Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin and his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russia, 1922. Lenin (1870-1924) and Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939)

Russian Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin and Nadezhda Krupskaya, Gorki, USSR, 1922. Lenin (1870-1924) and Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939) married in 1898 when they were both living in exile in Siberia

Anastas Mikoyan, Russian communist statesman, c1920s-c1930s. Born in what is now Armenia, Mikoyan (1895-1978) joined the Bolsheviks in 1915 and participated in the 1917 Russian Revolution

Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary leader, aged 4, 1874. Lenin (1870-1924) became leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic and Labour Party in 1903

Stalin and Lenin, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary leaders, Moscow, Russia, 1919. Stalin (1879-1953) and Lenin (1870-1924) at the VIII Congress of the Russian Communist Party

Soviet leader Josef Stalin with French writer Romain Rolland, Moscow, USSR, 28 June 1935. Rolland (1866-1944) was a dramatist, novelist and essayist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915

Josef Stalin and Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet leaders, 1930s. From a private collection. Born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili

Soviet leader Josef Stalin with his second wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva, late 1920s. Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901-1932) married Stalin (1879-1953) in 1919

Anatoly Lunacharsky, Soviet politician, c1917-c1929(?). Artist: Nikolay Kupreyanov
Anatoly Lunacharsky, Soviet politician, c1917-c1929(?). Lunacharsky (1875-1933) was appointed Soviet Peoples Commissar of Enlightenment responsible for culture

Illustration from the book Lenins Life, 1936. Artist: Piotr Nicholaevich Staronosov
Illustration from the book Lenins Life, 1936. Found in the colletion of the State Museum of Revolution, Moscow

February 27th, 1917, 1917. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich Kustodiev
February 27th, 1917, 1917. Scene depicting the Russian February Revolution, which overthrew the regime of Tsar Nicholas II. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

October 1917 - October 1920. Long Live the Worldwide Red October!, poster, 1920. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
October 1917 - October 1920. Long Live the Worldwide Red October!, poster, 1920. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Red Moscow Heart of World Revolution, poster, 1921. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin escorted by GRU secret agents, late 1920s
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) escorted by GRU secret agents, late 1920s. Founded in1918, the GRU is the Russian military foreign intelligence service

Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenins wife, with a friend, 1936. Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939) and Lenin married in 1898 when they were both living in exile in Siberia

Soviet leaders Joseph Stalin and Sergei Kirov, Moscow, USSR, 1928. Stalin (1879-1953) and Kirov (1886-1934) at the Leningradsky Rail Terminal

May Day meeting, Russia, 1920. Among those present are Bolshevik leader Grigory Zinoviev (1883-1936), writer Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) and opera singer Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938)

The Council of the Peoples Commissars, Russia, c1917-c1918. The Council of the Peoples Commissars (Sovnarkom) was the government of Russia established after the Bolsheviks seized power in the October

A group of Red Army soldiers before leaving for the front, Petrograd, Russia, 1918. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St Petersburg

Senior Soviet figures on the tribune of Lenins mausoleum, Red Square, Moscow, USSR, 1931. Author Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) with politicians Lazar Kaganovich (1893-1991)

Leon Trotsky and his family, Alma Ata, USSR, 1928. Trotsky (1879-1940) with his wife, Natalia Sedova (1882-1962), and son, Lev Sedov (1906-1938)

Police file of the political criminal Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenins wife, before 1916. Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939) and Lenin married in 1898 when they were both living in exile in Siberia

Political instruction, USSR, 1920s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Baku Police form of the political criminal J Jugashvili (Stalin), 1910. Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) joined the Bolshevik movement in 1903

Exhibition of Petrograd artists, the Academy of Arts, Petrograd, Soviet Union, 1923. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg. Russian photographer

The Proletarian Dictatorships Year: October 1917 -October 1918, 1918. Artist: Alexander Apsit
The Proletarian Dictatorships Year: October 1917-October 1918, 1918

Trial of leaders of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party, Moscow, Russia, August 1922. The Socialist-Revolutionary Party was active in the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, reading Pravda, 1918. Lenin (1870-1924) became leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic

Lenin addressing a crowd in Red Square, Moscow, Russian Revolution, October 1917. On 26 October 1917, the day after the storming of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg

30th anniversary stamp (detail). commemorating the death of Vladimir Lenin. The image was inspired by the Serov painting showing Lenin at the meeting of the 2nd All-Russia Congress of Soviets

Russia: Lenin Points the Way to Communism against a Backdrop of Smokestacks. Revolutionary poster, V. Sherbakov, 1920
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR

SOCIALIST REVOLUTION, 1917. Bolshevik poster of the Russian Revolution hailing the coming of the world-wide Socialist revolution

CARTOON: RED SCARE, 1919. Put Them Out and Keep Them Out. A bearded Bolshevik creeping under the American flag. American cartoon published during the Red Scare of 1919

Soviet World War II poster on the Anglo-American-Soviet alliance
WORLD WAR II: SOVIET POSTER. Soviet World War II poster on the Anglo-American-Soviet alliance

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"Bolshevik: The Revolutionary Spirit that Transcends Time" Step back in time to the year 1967, where a powerful communist poster by Viktor Ivanov captures the essence of the Bolshevik movement. With bold letters proclaiming "Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live forever. ", it symbolizes the enduring legacy of Vladimir Ilich Lenin and his revolutionary ideals. Meanwhile, in Mexico, Leon Trotsky stands as a prominent figure within the Bolshevik narrative. A depiction of him slaying the counter-revolutionary dragon in a 1918 poster showcases his unwavering commitment to uprooting opposition and establishing a new order. The Young Communist League emerges as an integral force during Stalin's Five-Year Plan. In a striking Soviet poster from 1931 by Vladimir Lyushin they can hailed as the Shock Battalion driving progress forward with their unwavering dedication. Vladimir Ilich Lenin himself is captured in an iconic photograph taken at Moscow's Kremlin in October 1918. His presence exudes determination and resilience as he leads Russia through tumultuous times towards revolution. Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor's powerful artwork from 1919 boldly proclaims "Death to World Imperialism, " reflecting the Bolsheviks' fierce resistance against oppressive forces seeking world domination. Amidst World War II turmoil, we witness British soldiers from Hampshire Regiment stationed in Siberia - an unlikely alliance formed against common enemies during this turbulent period. Travel back further to 1903 when Vladimir Lenin addresses fellow comrades at the Second Congress of Marxist Russians. This pivotal meeting laid down foundations for what would become one of history's most influential political movements - Bolshevism. An announcement published by Izvestia marks Tsar Nicholas II's abdication - a significant turning point that paved way for Bolshevik aspirations to reshape Russian society according to their vision. In another Soviet poster from 1958 created by Albert Aslyan titled "No.