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Soviet Photographs from 1918
97.R.36  
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Bombardment of Kiev

 

Ruins of St. Valentine's 1-6

 

Gathering of unexploded bombs 7

 

Remains of heavy artillery after blast 8-9

 

Remains of bombs 10

 

Blasts in Kiev 11

 

Austrian patrol 12-13

 

Ruins of water tower 14-16

 

Ruins of power station 17

 

Dismantling of Monument to Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev, before 18-41 May 1

 

Ukrainian minister Ragoza at Parade 42-46

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Street Demonstrations, Moscow, May 1

 

Near Aleksandrovsky Station 47-48

 

On Tverskaia Street 49

 

On Soviet Square 50

 

In front of the House of Soviets 51

 

On Tverskaia Street 52-53

 

Demonstration on Voskresenskaya Street 54

 

In the streets of Moscow 55-56

 

On Miasnitskaia Street 57

 

Children of the Iakimansky District 58

 

Near the Bolshoi Theater 59

 

In the streets of Moscow 60

 

On Revolution Square 61-62

 

Kitaisky Passage 63-65

 

Union of Metal Workers 66-68

 

By the Kremlin wall 69-76

 

Red Square 77-79

 

Sailors at rest 80

 

Gathering money for victims of the October Revolution 81

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Parade on Kodynka Field, May 1

 

Trotsky reviews the troops 82-83

 

Army marching on Kodynka field 84-85

 

Armored car (tank) on Kodynka field 86

 

On Kodynka field 87

 

Trotsky reviews troops 88

 

Parade on Kodynka field (Trotsky) 89-94

 

Stage set at theater of Soviet of Workers' Deputies, 95 May 1

 

Children's holiday in the Pirogov Administrative District 96-113

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Trial of Pavel Efimovich Dybenko, 114-121 May

 

Audience 114

 

Prosecutor Krylenko 115

 

Krylenko and Diakonov 116

 

Witness Yurich 117

 

Dybenko in court 118

 

Dybenko's testimony 119

 

Meeting of the Tribunal 120

 

Dybenko acquitted 121

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Fire at freight station of Moscow-Kazan railroad 1-34

 

Flights at an airdrome, 35-44 May 26

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Departure of the Provision troops 45-52

 

Commissar of the Provision troops, Susmanovich 53-54

 

Arrival of Russian prisoners from Germany 55-60

 

Department of Hygiene exhibition 61-65

 

Briansk Railway Station 66-68

 

Cheap lunches at employment agency 69-71

 

Against hunger: line at kitchen diner no. 1 of the Committee of Public Nutrition 72-74

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A.I. Avtonomov, Commander in Chief of Northern and Caucasian Fronts 75

 

Avtonomov with assisting staff officer 76

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Red Army

 

Waiting at the Red Army selection committee entrance 77-79

Scope and Contents note

(Zamoskvoretsky district)
 

Red Army enlistment 80

 

Army physical 81-82

 

Army canteen carries food to people in the city 83

 

Pavel Dmitrievich Malkov, Commandant of the Kremlin, with staff 84

 

Getting passes to the Kremlin at Trotsky gate 85

 

Chapryshnikov, Ambassador to? in? Bulgaria 86

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Refugees waiting for Ukrainian visas on Nikitskaia Street 87-88

 

Refugees waiting for Ukrainian visas on Khlegnyi Pereulok 89

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Funeral of pilot Syrochnikov and photographer Krinkov 90-93

 

Pilots in airplanes accompany their comrades to the cemetery 94

 

Dismantling of monument to Alexander III, by Cathedral of Christ our Savior, Moscow 95-108

 

Inspection of products at Okhotnyi Riad (Okhotnyi Riad is cordoned off by Red Army soldiers, 109-112 July 1

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Fifth Congress of Soviets, July 4-7

 

By the Bolshoi Theater during the Fifth Congress 113

 

Line of delegates waiting to enter a session of the Fifth Congress 114

 

Poster on the Second House of Soviets 115

 

Line of delegates waiting to get into a session 116

 

Comrade Sverdlov, Chairman of Fifth Congress, before a session 117

 

Comrade Sereda, Commissar of Farming 118

 

Comrade Steklov 119

 

Comrade Bonch-Bruevich 120

 

Comrade Muralov, Commissar of Moscow Country Staff?? 121

 

Comrade Podbelsky, Commissar of Postal and Telegraphic Service 122

 

Comrade Krylenko 123

 

Comrade Nogin 124

 

Comrade Vegerg 125

 

Comrade Gukovsky 126

 

Comrade Podbelsky 127

 

Kozlovsky and Krasikov, members of Central Committee Against Speculation and Counterrevolution 128

 

Comrade Karakan 129

 

Comrade Shlikhter, General Commissar of Provisions in Siberia 130

 

Comrade Sosnovsky 131

 

Comrade Trotsky 132

 

Delegates during a recess of the Fifth Congress 133-134

 

Delegates waiting to enter a session 135

 

At the Bolshoi entrance during Fifth Congress 136

 

Left Socialist Revolutionaries go to Fifth Congress, having left a fraction conference 137-138

 

Latvian soldiers with machine guns the day after Socialist Revolutionaries' uprising 139

 

Latvian soldiers with machine guns guard the Bolshoi Theater 140

 

Latvian soldiers of the Red Army on Teatralnia Square 141

 

Latvian soldiers getting food at army canteen near Bolshoi Theater 142

 

Latvian soldiers of the Red Army by the Bolshoi 143

 

Guards at the Bolshoi during the Fifth Congress 144

 

Strict checking of mandates after Socialist Revolutionaries' uprising 145

 

Strict checking of mandates before session 146

 

Armored cars near the Bolshoi 147

 

Delegates sing the International after the close of the Fifth Congress 148

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Bombardment of Iaroslavl, July 5-20

 

Spassky Monastery, Iaroslavl 149-151

 

Cupola of Spassky Monastery 152

 

Through the gates of Spassky Monastery 153

 

Spassky Monastery 154

 

Church of the Savior, Iaroslavl 155

 

Church of Ascension, Iaroslavl 156

 

Bell tower of Church of Ascension 157

 

Cathedral, Iaroslavl 158-159

 

Church of Pokrov, Iaroslavl 160-161

 

Church of Piatnitsky-na-Vspolie, Rozhdestvenskaia Street, Iaroslavl 162-163

 

Post Office, Iaroslavl 164-166

 

Novye Riady, Iaroslavl 167-169

 

Seminary, Iaroslavl 170

 

Vakhromeev's mill, Iaroslavl 171-173

 

Demidov Lycee, Iaroslavl 174-175

 

House of Merchant Kartashev, Iaroslavl 176

 

Iaroslavl 177

 

Sennaia Square, Borisglebskaia Street, Iaroslavl 178-179

 

Watchtower of the fire department, Sennaia Square, Iaroslavl 180

 

Sennaia Square, Iaroslavl 181

 

Tsyganskaia Street, Iaroslavl 182-184

 

Fire damage, Liubimskaia Street, Iaroslavl 185

 

Tram depot and power station, Iaroslavl 186

 

Dunaev's match factory, Iaroslavl 187-188

 

Homeless because of fire, Iaroslavl 189-190

 

Graves of Zangeim and Suvorov, City garden, Iaroslavl 191

 

Training at Iaroslavl post office; Comrade Volkov, Post Office manager 192

 

Comrade Budkin, Post Office, Iaroslavl 193

 

Comrade Budkin 194-195

 

Comrade Budkin, Post Office, Iaroslavl 196

 

Iaroslavl 197

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Visual propaganda produced by People's Commissariat for Enlightenment 1-4

 

Conference on the reform of higher education 5-8

 

Hermitage Garden: tour of the singer Shaliapin 9-10

 

Playground activities of the People's Commissariat for Enlightenment 11-22

 

Line for chocolate and candy 23-24

 

Berries for sale 25

 

Waiting for milk at the tram stop 26-27

 

Funeral - unidentified 28-31

 

Detachable railcars of inventor Alekseev 32-33

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Street demonstration, August 11

 

Day of military education/Parade of the working class 34-45

 

Comrades Muranov and Iaroslavsky review troops 46

 

Comrades Sverdlov and Muranov review troops 47

 

The mass meeting 48-49

 

Singing the International 50

 

Parade of the working class 51

 

Comrade Bukharin gives a speech 52-54

 

Comrade Sverdlov's speech 55

 

Skliansky, Deputy Military Minister, gives speech 56

 

Parade of the working class 57-60

 

Krylenko, Muranov, Skliansky, Sverdlov 61

 

Comrade Kamenev addresses troops 62-64

 

Dismantling of monument to Alexander II, Kremlin 65-82

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Trial of Doctor Pokrovsky

 

Acting chairman of People's District Court, I.F. Taraskin 83

 

Prosecutors and defense attorney in Pokrovsky's murder trial 84

 

A.A. Znamensky, Chair of Law Department of Moscow Soviet 85

 

Opening ceremony of People's District Court, first elected judicial staff 86

 

Judges during recess 87

 

People's district court 88

 

First elected judicial staff 89

 

Line at tram stop at corner of Malaia Dmitrovka and Putilovsky Pereulok 90-91

 

Opening of first school of physical education, Khamovnichesky Soviet, 92-103 August 25

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Zalevsky's funeral 104-107

 

Steklov's speech at Zalevsky's funeral 108

 

Military sent to Turkestan to build irrigation system 109-115

 

Propaganda train named after Lenin 116-122

 

Commissariat for People's Enlightenment 123

 

Moscow Zoo 124-127

 

A.F. Lednitsky, Polish Ambassador 128-130

 

Mobilization of horses in Moscow, 131-134 August 27

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Trotsky leads the Red Army in Kazan, Aug.-Sept.

 

Train of the People's Commissariat for Military Affairs 1

 

Machine guns on the train of the People's Commissariat 2

 

Armored cars on Trotsky's train 3

 

Armored train blasted by Red Army near the Sviiazhsk station 4

 

Armored train active in the Kazan region 5

 

Distributing books at the front 6

 

Sviiazhsky Bridge 7

 

On the Volga River on the way to Kazan 8

 

Comrade Trotsky on the steamship on the way to Kazan 9-10

 

Communist sailors on the steamship on the way to Kazan 11-13

 

Near Kazan 14

 

Communist sailors dance near Kazan 15

 

Kazan 16-17

 

Artillery entering Kazan 18-19

 

Guns confiscated from Czechs 20

 

Weapons confiscated from the Czechoslovaks 21-22

 

Artillery left by the Czechoslovaks 23

 

A gun left by Czechoslovaks and found in the firewood 24

 

Cannon left by the Czechoslovaks 25-26

 

A destroyed searchlight 27

 

Czech workers arrested for refusal to revolt against Soviets 28

 

In front of the headquarters of the fifth regiment 29-30

 

A church cupola where Czechs installed machine guns 31

 

Artillery entering Kazan 32

 

Destroyed docks in Kazan 33

 

Kazan 34-35

 

Windows covered with paper strips, Kazan 36

 

The barge Serezha on the Volga river 37

 

Attack under artillery fire 38

 

Bomb crater 39

 

Arzamas station: revolutionary staff 40

 

Trotsky's speech 41

 

Mass meeting at the Khvalynsk dock 42

 

Khvalynsk. At the building of the Soviet. Parade of the First Bologovsky regiment 43

 

Trotsky and Communist Club, Nikolaev-Uralsky station 44

 

Communist Club, Nikolaev-Uralsky station 45

 

Parade of the first Moscow regiment, Demias station 46

 

Trotsky at parade of the first Moscow regiment, Demias station 47

 

Trotsky with first cavalry squadron 48

 

Trotsky giving awards for distinguished service 49

 

Comrade Apasov 50-51

 

Trotsky giving awards for distinguished service 52

 

The first Muslim regiment swears allegiance to the Soviet Republic, Krasnaia Rechka farm 53-54

 

Trotsky surveys grain Cossacks left during retreat, Steppe near Uralsk 55

 

Fugitives return to their homes freed from the Czechs 56

 

Volga River 57

 

Operations staff on the steamship 58

 

Mill on the Volga near Velikii Usting (Stormed and overtaken by the Red Army) 59

 

Krasnaia Gorka in Kazan 60

 

On the steamship 61-62

 

The Volga at night near Kazan 63

 

Trotsky on the steamship 64

 

Trotsky on the steamship near Saratov 65

 

Trotsky arriving in Saratov 66

 

Mass meeting in Saratov 67-69

 

At the People's Palace in Saratov after the mass meeting 70

 

Remains of armored train left near Sviiazhsk 71

 

Distributing propaganda leaflets on the road 72

 

Cavalry detachment led by Comrade Chaikov, Ershov station 73-74

 

Rimsko-Korsakovka 75-76

 

Near Ali...Station 77

 

Guarding the railway near Nikolaev-Uralsky 78

 

Trotsky in Nikolaev-Uralsky 79

 

Barbershop 80

 

Gzhatsk station 81-83

 

Comrade Mandelshtam 84

 

Comrade Muralov inspects the Gzhatsk station 85-87

 

The Chinese battalion 88-92

 

Funeral of Bonch-Bruevich (?) 93-97

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Ministry of Transportation

 

Comrade Rogov, Deputy Commissar of Transportation 98

 

Ministry of Transportation 99

 

Kirsanov (also in transportation) 100

 

Comrade Nikolai Podvoisky, 101 Oct. 17

 

Test run of the automatic handcar at the Kurskaia railroad in presence of Comrade Podvoisky 102-103

 

Unidentified 104

 

The Red Terror 105-107

 

Admiral Sablin(?), on trial for his role in Socialist Revolutionaries' revolt, 108-109 November

 

Comrade Steklov at meeting in Alekseevsky People's Court 110

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Street Demonstration, Moscow, November 7

 

Demonstration at Tverskaia Street 111

 

By the showcase of Cinema-Now 112

 

Comrade Skliansky, Deputy Commissar of Military Affairs, and Muralov, District Commissar of Military Affairs, meet the troops at Red Square 113

 

Red Square 114-116

 

Bolshaia Nikitskaia Street 117

 

118-119 November 7

 

On Revolution Square 120

 

121-123 November 7

 

Aleksandrovsky railroad station 124

 

Lenin Club, the former "Iar" restaurant 125

 

Red Square 126

 

127 November 7

 

Obelisk on Soviet Square 128

 

Red Square 129

 

On banner: Communist Party of Hungary 130

 

131 November 7

 

Tverskaia Street 132

 

Comrade Ionov 133

 

Circus performers on Red Square 134

 

Red Square 135

 

Tverskaia Street 136

 

Unveiling of the statue at the Palace of Workers 137

 

Comrade Sverdlov giving speech at Palace of Workers (the day foundation was laid) 138

 

At Trade Union Headquarters 139

 

140-142 November 7

 

Khristian Georgevich Rakovski 143