Lenin working in his Kremlin office, October 16, 1918, Moscow -- An iconic Otsup photograph. Written by Pyotr Otsup, a famed Soviet photographer, in 1969, this is a look at his attempts to photograph Lenin over the years, including taking the iconic photo of Lenin reading Pravda at his desk. See the end of the piece for a brief biography of Otsup. Text: I SAW Vladimir Ilyich for the first time on October 28 (November 10) 1917. He was walking fast down the corridor of the Smol

Photos of Revolutionary Russia #12 Funeral march for the victims of the February Revolution, Petrograd, Nevsky Prospect, March 1917 --...

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