"V.I. Lenin and I.V. Stalin in Gorky in the Summer of 1922" (V.I. Lenin i I. V. Stalin v Gorkakh letom 1922 g.)

1925

Order Reproduction
Title
"V.I. Lenin and I.V. Stalin in Gorky in the Summer of 1922" (V.I. Lenin i I. V. Stalin v Gorkakh letom 1922 g.)
Creator
Mikhailovskii, A.N.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1925
Identifier
GR000166
Description
Reproduction of a painting based on a faked photograph linking the two leaders. The government printing house printed 200,000 copies of the painting, an extremely large number of copies at the time. The image was intended to portray Stalin as the rightful heir to Lenin. After suffering his first stroke in May 1922, Lenin spent the rest of his days in his country estate in Gorki, near Moscow.
Extent
11 x 15 in.
Publisher
Gosizdat
Type
still image
Genre
prints (visual works)
posters
Subject
Politics and government--1917-1936
Politics and government--1936-1953
Communism and art
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Geographic Subjects
Soviet Union
Russia (Federation)
Source
Hoover institution Archives
Collection
Stalinka: Digital Library of Staliniana
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
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