Vladimir Mayakovsky before a wall of satirical posters he drew -- Daily LIFT #1828 From the Soviet Press 1947: On April 14 the Soviet people commemorated the 17th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Mayakovsky, great revolutionary poet. During the years of civil war following the Revolution, Mayakovsky, an ardent patriot, poured much energy into writing verses for satirical posters which he himself drew (some samples of which are shown in the background of the photograph abo

Article by Vladimir Shcherbina, Soviet Literary Critic, that appeared in USSR Magazine, April, 1948. Soviet writers find in great Lenin a...

Seven Pairs of the Clean and Seven Pairs of the Unclean, Vladimir Mayakovsky Sketch, 1919 Famed Soviet poet, writer and artist Mayakovsky...

Lenin speaks, Hugo Gellert USA, November 1931 Decree to the Army of Art: They brag, the old men's brigades, Of the same old wearisome...

Revolutionaries who were involved in the taking of the Winter Palace assemble again outside it 40 years later in 1957 From an account of...

Vladimir Mayakovsky portrait, Soviet Photo magazine, 1926 -- Daily LIFT #957

Vladimir Mayakovsky Monument, Moscow USSR c. 1968 -- Daily LIFT #429 On snow-covered lands and on stubbly fields, in smoky plants and on...

Photos of Revolutionary Russia #38 Vladimir Mayakovsky, Red Square, May Day 1928 -- Photos of Revolutionary Russia #38 On snow-covered...