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“N. Shablin (Bulgaria) – delegate to the II Congress of the Communist International”. Drawing from nature
April 21, 2021
“N. Shablin (Bulgaria) – delegate to the II Congress of the Communist International”. Drawing from nature
Brodsky I.I.
RSFSR, Moscow. 1920.
Paper, pencil
“W. Gallagher (Great Britain) – delegate to the II Congress of the Communist International.” Drawing from nature
April 21, 2021
“W. Gallagher (Great Britain) – delegate to the II Congress of the Communist International.” Drawing from nature
Brodsky I.I.
RSFSR, Moscow. 1920.
Paper, pencil
“A. Rosmer (Switzerland) – delegate to the II Congress of the Communist International.” Drawing from nature
April 21, 2021
“A. Rosmer (Switzerland) – delegate to the II Congress of the Communist International.” Drawing from nature
Brodsky I.I.
RSFSR, Moscow. 1920.
Paper, pencil
Letter-drawing by Volodya Ulyanov to his friend Borya Formakovsky
April 15, 2021
Letter-drawing by Volodya Ulyanov to his friend Borya Formakovsky
[March 1882] Paint drawing on birch bark
Top inscription: “Writing with totems”
Painting “II Congress of the Comintern” (“Inauguration of the second congress of the Comintern in the Uritsky Palace (formerly Tauride)”)
April 12, 2021
Painting “The Second Congress of Comintern” (“Ceremonial opening of the Second Congress of Comintern in the Uritsky Palace (former Tauride Palace)”)
Brodsky I.I.
USSR, Leningrad. 1924.
Original
Canvas. Oil
Unframed: 320×532 cm;
Framed: 350x564x14 cm.
The Comintern (Communist International) was an international organization that united the communist parties of various countries in 1919-1943.
The Second Congress of the Communist International worked from July 19 to August 17, 1920, first in Petrograd and then in Moscow. Representatives of 67 communist parties and workers’ organizations from 37 countries of Europe, Asia and Africa attended it.
On 20 July 1920, I.I. Brodsky was assigned to depict the solemn meeting of the delegates to the 2-nd Congress of the Comintern.
In the course of work on painting, Brodsky became the owner of a unique collection of iconography of the leaders of the international communist movement of the 1920s. He had 125 portraits of all the main figures of the Comintern with their autographs.
Many artists and art critics refused to accept the painting of I.I. Brodsky as a work of art, but even the fiercest critics, speaking of the painting “The Second Congress of the Comintern” admitted that future historians of the revolution would gratefully use the most accurate in detail and essentially true sketches from nature.
In 1925 I.I. Brodsky donated the entire collection to the Museum of the Revolution.
V. I. Lenin talks with E. D. Stasova during a break between sessions of the Second Congress of Comintern in the Kremlin.
April 8, 2021
Photo. V. I. Lenin talks with E. D. Stasova during a break between sessions of the Second Congress of Comintern in the Kremlin.
RSFSR, Moscow. July 23 – August 6, 1920.
Photographer V. K. Bulla
Positive-original
Silver-gelatin print, stamp
V. I. Lenin in the Kremlin at the session of one of the commissions of the Second Congress of Comintern.
April 8, 2021
Photo. V. I. Lenin in the Kremlin at the session of one of the commissions of the Second Congress of Comintern.
RSFSR, Moscow. July 25 or 28, 1920.
Photographer V. K. Bulla
Positive-original
Silver-gelatin print, stamp
V. I. Lenin in a group of delegates of the Eighth All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
April 8, 2021
Photo. V. I. Lenin in a group of delegates of the Eighth All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
In the photo: (standing) – P. D. Malkov, E. A. Rakhya, S. Galiev, P. A. Zalutsky, M.P. Tomsky,
M. M. Kharitonov, A. A. Ioffe, D. B. Ryazanov, A. E. Badaev, L. P. Serebryakov; in the middle row –
G. E. Evdokimov, I. V. Stalin, M. I. Kalinin, P. I. Smorodin, M. M. Lashevich; in the lower row – I. T. Smilga, V. V. Schmidt, S. S. Zorin.
RSFSR, Moscow. December 22-29, 1920.
Photographer V. K. Bulla
Photo. V. I. Lenin and G. L. Pyatakov in Gorki.
April 8, 2021
Photo. V. I. Lenin and G. L. Pyatakov in Gorki.
RSFSR, Moscow province. September 24, 1922.
Photographer M. I. Ulyanova
Positive-original
Silver-gelatin print
V. I. Lenin among the delegates of the Tenth All-Russian Conference of the RCP / b/ in the Sverdlovsky hall of the Kremlin.
April 8, 2021
Photo. V. I. Lenin among the delegates of the Tenth All-Russian Conference of the RCP / b/ in the Sverdlovsky hall of the Kremlin.
In the photo: G. I. Petrovsky, Y. P. Gaven, Y. N. Brandenburgsky, I. M. Vareikis, A. L. Binov, S. Galiev,
I. E. Slavin, G. A. Gubanskaya, A. P. Taneev, V. I. Ryabokon, Z. A. Levin, V. M. Molotov.
RSFSR, Moscow. May 26-28, 1921.
Photo studio “Photography of the ARCEC (All-Russian Central Executive Committee)”.