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LL/51272
Unidentified photographer
1920, 1 May
Lenin giving a speech, Labour Day in Moscow, Russia

Gelatin silver print
Source requested
In some versions of this photograph Trotsky, who was standing on the steps on the right, has been removed from the photograph. For an alternate version see: National Archive of the Netherlands / Nationaal Archief, Spaarnestad Photo, SFA001018178
 
This happened with regularity in the Soviet Union when Stalin was in power.
 
LL/51272


 

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