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    Lenin speaks at the 2nd Congress of the Comintern, July 1920
    Michael Laxer
    • May 7
    • 2 min

    Lenin speaks at the 2nd Congress of the Comintern, July 1920

    Images of Lenin #45 Lenin speaking at a sitting of the 2nd Congress of the Comintern in Uritsky Palace, July 19, 1920, Petrograd. --...
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    Lenin in Petrograd, 1918
    Michael Laxer
    • Apr 29
    • 1 min

    Lenin in Petrograd, 1918

    Images of Lenin #36 Lenin in Petrograd, January 1918 -- Images of Lenin #36 This is the thirty-sixth in our new daily feature that will...
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    Lenin and Gorky, Petrograd 1920
    Michael Laxer
    • Apr 1
    • 1 min

    Lenin and Gorky, Petrograd 1920

    Images of Lenin #14 Lenin and Maxim Gorky with a group of delegates to the 2nd Congress of the Comintern, July 19, 1920, Petrograd --...
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    USSR formed, December 30 1922: A look at its founding congress and decades of progress
    Michael Laxer
    • Dec 30, 2021
    • 7 min

    USSR formed, December 30 1922: A look at its founding congress and decades of progress

    Cover of Soviet Life Magazine in honour of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, December 1982 Today marks the anniversary...
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    Daily LIFT #613
    Michael Laxer
    • Dec 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily LIFT #613

    Meeting of the Petrograd Soviet, October 22 1917, just three days before the Revolution -- Daily LIFT #613
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    Lenin: Three historic photos and their stories
    Michael Laxer
    • Dec 30, 2021
    • 5 min

    Lenin: Three historic photos and their stories

    During the centennial year of Lenin's birth, 1970, Mikhail Yeryomin, a retired Soviet Major-General who was then working for the...
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    Demonstration of women demanding equal voting rights Petrograd, March 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Demonstration of women demanding equal voting rights Petrograd, March 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #48 Demonstration of women demanding equal voting rights, Petrograd, March 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary...
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    Izvestia is issued at the Petrograd Soviet for delivery to troops at the front, 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Izvestia is issued at the Petrograd Soviet for delivery to troops at the front, 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #44 Izvestia is issued at the Petrograd Soviet for delivery to troops at the front, 1917 -- Photos of...
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    Red Guard at Smolny, October 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    Red Guard at Smolny, October 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #42 Red Guard at Smolny, October 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #42 Members of a Red Guard unit...
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    Red Guard of Petrograd at the May Day demonstration, 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Red Guard of Petrograd at the May Day demonstration, 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #24 Red Guard of Petrograd at the May Day demonstration, 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #24
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    Red Guard patrol campfire on the streets of Petrograd in the early days of the Revolution
    Michael Laxer
    • Feb 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Red Guard patrol campfire on the streets of Petrograd in the early days of the Revolution

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #21 Red Guard patrol campfire on the streets of Petrograd in the early days of the Great October Socialist...
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    People's Militia arrest a czarist minister, Petrograd, February 28 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Feb 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    People's Militia arrest a czarist minister, Petrograd, February 28 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #20 People's Militia arrest a czarist minister, Petrograd, February 28, 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary...
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    Worker demonstration in Petrograd during the "July Days", 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Feb 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    Worker demonstration in Petrograd during the "July Days", 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #19 Worker demonstration in Petrograd during the "July Days", 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #19...
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    Volunteers enroll in the people's militia, Petrograd, March 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Volunteers enroll in the people's militia, Petrograd, March 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #18 Volunteers enroll in the people's militia, Petrograd, March 1917 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #18...
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    Armored car arrives at Smolny to support the Revolutionary Military Committee, October 25 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    Armored car arrives at Smolny to support the Revolutionary Military Committee, October 25 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #16 Armored car arrives at Smolny to support the Revolutionary Military Committee, October 25 1917 --...
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    Group of soldiers in Petrograd who went over to the side of the February Revolution, 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    Group of soldiers in Petrograd who went over to the side of the February Revolution, 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #14 Group of soldiers in Petrograd who went over to the side of the February Revolution, 1917 -- Photos of...
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    Women's rally in Petrograd demanding equal voting rights, March 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Women's rally in Petrograd demanding equal voting rights, March 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #13 Women's rally in Petrograd demanding equal voting rights, March 1917 - Photos of Revolutionary Russia...
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    Red Army volunteers line up at a recruitment centre, Petrograd 1918
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    Red Army volunteers line up at a recruitment centre, Petrograd 1918

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #8 Red Army volunteers line up at a recruitment centre, Petrograd 1918 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #8
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    A group of Red infantrymen at the Winter Palace, Petrograd 1918
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    A group of Red infantrymen at the Winter Palace, Petrograd 1918

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #2 A group of Red infantrymen at the Winter Palace, Petrograd 1918 In the very early days of the...
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    Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers guarding Smolny, Petrograd, October 1917
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers guarding Smolny, Petrograd, October 1917

    Photos of Revolutionary Russia #1 Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers guarding Smolny, Petrograd, October 1917 -- Photo by famed Soviet...
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