Repression Collection

Vigilance is our weapon. Be vigilant! (Poster), 1953. Artist: Shirokograd, B
Vigilance is our weapon. Be vigilant! (Poster), 1953. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow.

Be observant when standing sentinel! (Poster), 1953. Artist: Golub, Pyotr Semyonovich (1913-1953)
Be observant when standing sentinel! (Poster), 1953. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow.

A Naples: Délégués de la commission... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
A Naples: Delegues de la commission... 19th century. Naples: delegates of the clubbing commission in the exercise of their delicate duties

Les émigrants, 1857. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les emigrants, 1857. The emigrants. France. After the workers revolution of June 1848, the government of King Louis Philippe reacted with strong repression, issuing death sentences

Richard Vitoldovich Pickel (1896-1936), Early 1930s. Creator: Anonymous
Richard Vitoldovich Pickel (1896-1936), Early 1930s. Private Collection

Study for the painting Bloody Sunday (22 January 1905), 1905. Artist: Vladimir Makovsky
Study for the painting Bloody Sunday (22 January 1905), 1905. The Russian Revolution of 1905 broke out after troops fired on protesters trying to deliver a petition to Tsar Nicholas II outside

Destroy the enemy of the people Trotsky!, 1937. Artist: Deni (Denisov), Viktor Nikolaevich (1893-1946)
Destroy the enemy of the people Trotsky!, 1937. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Ivan IV and Malyuta Skuratov, 1870. Artist: Grigori Sedov
Ivan IV and Malyuta Skuratov, 1870. Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1530-1584) was Tsar of Russia from 1547 until his death. Malyuta Skuratov was one of the leaders of the political police

Alexander Ramsey, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Alexander Ramsey, between 1855 and 1865. [Politician, first Governor of Minnesota Territory. Involved in the persecution of Native Americans

Alexander Ramsey of Pennsylvania, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Alexander Ramsey of Pennsylvania, 1865-1880. Ramsey, Hon. Alexander of PA, Senator from Minnesota, Gov. of Minnesota 1860-1863, between 1865 and 1880

In All His Glory, June 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
In All His Glory, June 1894

Under the Boot, 1915. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Under the Boot, 1915

In the land of the Soviets, 1930. Creator: Unknown
In the land of the Soviets, 1930. Au Pays Des Soviets. By order of the government, religious buildings are systematically destroyed

On the knees, 1920s. Creator: Galperin, Lev Solomonovich (1886-1938)
On the knees, 1920s. Found in the Collection of Regional I. Savitsky Art Museum, Nukus

The Zindan (Prison), 1930s. Creator: Bure, Leon (Lev) Leonardovich (1887-1943)
The Zindan (Prison), 1930s. Found in the Collection of Regional I. Savitsky Art Museum, Nukus

Before search and seizure (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution), 1920. From a private collection

Man being held and executed (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution), 1919. From a private collection

More fire at the class enemy!, 1933. Artist: Klinch (Petrushansky), Boris Grigoryevich
More fire at the class enemy!, 1933. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Ferdinand Alvarez De Toledo Herzog Von Alba, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Ferdinand Alvarez De Toledo Herzog Von Alba, (1933). Portrait of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (1507-1582), Spanish general and governor of the Spanish Netherlands

Lluis Companys i Jover (1882-1940), Catalan politician, President of the Government (1934-1940). Reproduction of a photo, 1927

Mutiny of Aranjuez on March 17, 1808, repression of civilian-military revolt promoted by supporters of Ferdinand VII and that ended with the imprisonment of the prime minister Godoy

A patrol hunting down suspects following the revolt at Vyborg, Russia, early 20th century. Vyborg is on the outskirts of St Petersburg

Karl Julius Danishevsky (1884-1938), ca 1917-1919. Private Collection

Karl Julius Danishevsky (1884-1938), 1919. Private Collection

Portrait of the poet Bruno Jasienski (1901-1938), 1923. Private Collection

Portrait of the poet Bruno Jasienski (1901-1938), c. 1920. Found in the collection of Muzeum Sztuki Lodz

The Solovki prison camp (SLON), 1927-1928. Found in the collection of Memorial, historical and civil rights society

The Moscow-Volga Canal is opened, 1937. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The enemies of the Five Year Plan, 1929. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Portrait, 1933. Artist: Klutsis, Gustav (1895-1938)
Portrait, 1933. Private Collection

Concert band of the Solovki prison camp Artist: Anonymous
Concert band of the Solovki prison camp. Found in the collection of State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg

Soviet power does not punish, it corrects (The slogan on the wall of the former Red Corner punishmen Artist: Anonymous)
Soviet power does not punish, it corrects (The slogan on the wall of the former Red Corner punishment cell of GULAG). Found in the collection of State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St

Shock workers of GULAG Artist: Anonymous
Shock workers of GULAG. Found in the collection of State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg

Hot work will melt away your prison term!, ca 1935. Found in the Collection of Memorial, historical and civil rights society

We ll uproot spies and diversionists of the Trotsky-Bukharinite agents of fascism!, 1937. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

The destruction of Cheapside Cross and the burning of the Book of Sports, May 1643 (1903). The Cheapside Cross (or Eleanors Cross) in London was demolished on 2 May 1643

A facsimile of the order for the burning of the Book of Sports, 1643 (1903). The Declaration of Sports was a declaration of King James I of England (1566-1625), issued in 1617

Lists of those who were doomed were hung up in the Forum, c1912 (1912). Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath
Lists of those who were doomed were hung up in the Forum, c1912 (1912). After his victory over the Samnites, Lucius Cornelius Sulla met the Senate in the temple of Bellona

Bloody Sunday, London, 1887 (1906). Artist: WB Waller
Bloody Sunday, London, 1887 (1906). The Life Guards holding Trafalgar Square. Police and troops attacked demonstrators protesting against unemployment and British government policy in Ireland

The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home, 1819 (1904). Artist: George Cruikshank
The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home, 1819 (1904). On 16th August 1819, soldiers of the 15th Hussars charging an unarmed crowd gathered on St Peters Field in Manchester to hear speeches

Portrait of the stage producer Vsevolod Meyerhold, 1916. Artist: Boris Grigor yev
Portrait of the stage producer Vsevolod Meyerhold, 1916. Meyerhold (1874-1930) established his own theatre in Moscow in 1922

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

Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, Russian author, 1974. Solzhenitsyns (1918-2008) novels were instrumental in raising global awareness of the Soviet system of forced labour camps, the Gulag

Russian theatre directo Vsevolod Meyerhold and his wife, actress Zinaida Raikh, early 1920s. Meyerhold (1874-1930) established his own theatre in Moscow in 1922

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

Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia, on Bloody Sunday, 1905. The Russian Revolution of 1905 broke out after troops fired on protesters trying to deliver a petition to Tsar Nicholas II outside

The Trial of the Twenty-One, Moscow, USSR, 1938
The Trial of the Twenty-One, Moscow, USSR 1938. The Trial of the Twenty-One was the last of a series of show trials of prominent Bolsheviks during Stalins Great Purge

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