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Russian Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin and Nadezhda Krupskaya, Gorki, USSR, 1922. Lenin (1870-1924) and Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939) married in 1898 when they were both living in exile in Siberia
Anastas Mikoyan, Russian communist statesman, c1920s-c1930s. Born in what is now Armenia, Mikoyan (1895-1978) joined the Bolsheviks in 1915 and participated in the 1917 Russian Revolution
Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary leader, aged 4, 1874. Lenin (1870-1924) became leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic and Labour Party in 1903
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
Soviet leader Josef Stalin with French writer Romain Rolland, Moscow, USSR, 28 June 1935. Rolland (1866-1944) was a dramatist, novelist and essayist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915
Members of the Central Committee carrying Lenins coffin, 27 January, 1924Members of the Central Committee carrying Lenins coffin, Moscow, USSR, 27 January, 1924. The Bolshevik leader died on 21 January 1924
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
Members of the organization Narodnaya Volya (Peoples Will), Russia, c1870s-c1880s. Narodnaya Volya was a Russian left-wing terrorist organisation
Camille Desmoulins in the Palais Royal Gardens, 1848-1849. Artist: Honore DaumierCamille Desmoulins in the Palais Royal Gardens, 1848-1849. Daumier, Honore (1808-1879). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
The first Proletcult theatre, Moscow, USSR, 1920s. Proletcult was a Soviet cultural movement established after the Russian Revolution
Anatoly Lunacharsky, Soviet politician, c1917-c1929(?). Artist: Nikolay KupreyanovAnatoly Lunacharsky, Soviet politician, c1917-c1929(?). Lunacharsky (1875-1933) was appointed Soviet Peoples Commissar of Enlightenment responsible for culture
Illustration from the book Lenins Life, 1936. Artist: Piotr Nicholaevich StaronosovIllustration from the book Lenins Life, 1936. Found in the colletion of the State Museum of Revolution, Moscow
The victory of socialism in the USSR is guaranteed, poster, 1932. Artist: Gustav KlutsisThe victory of socialism in the USSR is guaranteed, poster, 1932. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow
February 27th, 1917, 1917. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich KustodievFebruary 27th, 1917, 1917. Scene depicting the Russian February Revolution, which overthrew the regime of Tsar Nicholas II. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
October 1917 - October 1920. Long Live the Worldwide Red October!, poster, 1920. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich MoorOctober 1917 - October 1920. Long Live the Worldwide Red October!, poster, 1920. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow
Revolutionary Guards in Petrograd, Russia, Russian Revolution, 1917. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St Petersburg
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin escorted by GRU secret agents, late 1920sSoviet leader Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) escorted by GRU secret agents, late 1920s. Founded in1918, the GRU is the Russian military foreign intelligence service
Students, members of a revolutionary cell in St Petersburg, Russia, 1908. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St Petersburg
Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenins wife, with a friend, 1936. Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939) and Lenin married in 1898 when they were both living in exile in Siberia
Alexander Kerensky, Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, Russia, 1917Alexander Kerensky, Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, in his office in the Winter Palace in Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, 1917
Soviet leaders Joseph Stalin and Sergei Kirov, Moscow, USSR, 1928. Stalin (1879-1953) and Kirov (1886-1934) at the Leningradsky Rail Terminal
A mourning ceremony for victims of the February Revolution, Russia, 5 April, 1917. The February Revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the collapse of imperial Russia
Revolutionary barricades on Liteyny Prospekt, Petrograd, Russia, 27 February 1917. The February Revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the collapse of imperial Russia
Revolutionary students after the February Revolution, Russia, 1917. The February Revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the collapse of imperial Russia
May Day meeting, Russia, 1920. Among those present are Bolshevik leader Grigory Zinoviev (1883-1936), writer Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) and opera singer Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938)
The Council of the Peoples Commissars, Russia, c1917-c1918. The Council of the Peoples Commissars (Sovnarkom) was the government of Russia established after the Bolsheviks seized power in the October
Senior Soviet figures on the tribune of Lenins mausoleum, Red Square, Moscow, USSR, 1931. Author Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) with politicians Lazar Kaganovich (1893-1991)
Leon Trotsky and his family, Alma Ata, USSR, 1928. Trotsky (1879-1940) with his wife, Natalia Sedova (1882-1962), and son, Lev Sedov (1906-1938)
Police file of the political criminal Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenins wife, before 1916. Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939) and Lenin married in 1898 when they were both living in exile in Siberia
League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class, c1895Members of the League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class, Russia, c1895. The League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class was a left-wing political group founded in
Soviet politician Sergei Kirov, 17th Congress of the Communist Party, Moscow, USSR, 1934. Kirov (1886-1934) rose through the Bolshevik ranks after the Russian Revolution to become head of
Baku Police form of the political criminal J Jugashvili (Stalin), 1910. Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) joined the Bolshevik movement in 1903
Childhood portrait of Sophia Perovskaya, 1860s. Sophia Perovskaya (1853-1881) was a Russian revolutionary and a member of Narodnaya Volya (Peoples Will)
The Mode of Exterminating the Black Army as Practised by the French, 1805. Artist: John BarlowThe Mode of Exterminating the Black Army as Practised by the French, 1805. Scene during the Haitian Revolution, which saw Haiti gain its independence from France in 1804
Captain Marcus Rainsford with a private soldier of the Black Army, 1805. Artist: John BarlowCaptain Marcus Rainsford with a private soldier of the Black Army, 1805. A British Army officer, Rainsford was in Saint Domingue when the colonys slave population revolted and overthrew the French
Funeral of the Revolutionaries, 1905, c1900-1930. Artist: Il ya RepinFuneral of the Revolutionaries, 1905, c1900-1930
Musee Du Louvre, Jean of Arch, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 1st September 1901
Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish and Lithuanian national hero, general and leader, (1833). Artist: W HollTadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish and Lithuanian national hero, soldier and leader, (1833). Kosciuszko (1746-1817) was the leader of the Polish uprising (which bears his name)
Execution of Louis XVI, 1793. Louis XVI (1754-1793), King of France from 1774, making a final speech from the scaffold before his execution by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution
Prise de la Porte St Denis le 28th Juillet 1830, Revolution of 1830, ParisPrise de la Porte St. Denis le 28th Juillet 1830, Revolution of 1830, Paris. The battle at Porte St Denis, between the people and a royal battalion
Algiers and Louis Philippe, French Revolution of 1830. On 26th July, 1830, the Polignac ministry, strongly reactionary in its tendencies
Tennis Court Oath, June 20 1789, Paris (1791). Artist: Jacques-Louis DavidTennis Court Oath, June 20 1789, Paris (1791). French Revolution: meeting of the States General where Deputies swore not to meet again until a Parliament had been formed
Liberty, Revolution of July 27-29th, 1830, Paris
Club a l Eglise, Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series titled Types de la Commune. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards
La Commune 1871, cinema poster. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards
Cantinieres, Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series titled Types de la Commune. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards
Commandant et Ingenieur de Barricades, Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series titled Types de la Commune. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris