Moscow Collection (page 3)

Construction of Lenin's mausoleum, Red Square
Vladimir Lenin was an exceptional revolutionary, adored by the majority of Russia, and regarded as being among the leading global intellectuals of the time

Construction of Lenin's Temporary Mausoleum
A temporary but elaborate wooden mausoleum was quickly built on Red Square in Moscow to hold Vladimir Lenin's Body following his death in 1924

Lenin's mausoleum, Construction, Red Square
The Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died of a stroke on the 21st of January 1924. Due to the exceptional public support he received whilst alive it was deemed fitting to honour him in

Valentin Zhuk, Russian violinist, conductor and teacher. Seen here as a young man. Date: circa 1940s

Steve Ovett, English Olympic athlete
Stephen (Steve) Michael James Ovett (b 1955), English Olympic athlete, middle distance runner, winner of a Gold and a Bronze medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics

John Ogdon, British concert pianist, with Nikita Khrushchev
John Ogdon (1937-1989), British concert pianist, shaking hands with the Soviet Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)

Karl Marx monument, Moscow, Russia
The Karl Marx monument in Teatralnaya Square, Moscow, Russia, around the time of its unveiling in 1961. It was carved on the spot from a 200 ton block of granite

Donald Maclean, English diplomat and KGB spy
Donald Duart Maclean (1913-1983), the former English Foreign Office diplomat and member of the Cambridge Spies, who spied for the KGB during the Second World War and beyond

Nikita Khrushchev and Harold Wilson shaking hands
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Russian Soviet leader, seen here shaking hands with Harold Wilson (James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, 1916-1995)

RUSSIA MOSCOW
Russians queuing at Lenin's mausoleum in Red Square to pay their respects to his corpse on the first anniversary of his death. Date: 1925

WORKERS MOBILISED
Moscow workers are mobilised to fight to defend the revolution. Date: 1918

PLAQUE FOR RED VICTIMS
A plaque honouring those who gave their lives for the Bolshevik revolution is placed on the wall of the Kremlin, Moscow. Date: 7 November 1918

People sit in a winter troika in a snowy Moscow street. Date: 1890s

St Basils Cathedral, Russian Orthodox church, Moscow
Vintage 19th century photograph: The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as St Basils Cathedral, Russian Orthodox church, Red Square, Moscow, Russia

American anti-nuclear Ban the Bomb protestors - Germany
circa 1910s

The dancers from the Isadora Duncan Moscow school of dancing, 1930 on their second American tour under S. Hurok Date: 1929

View of Kremlin from across the river, Moscow Russia
View of the Kremlin from across the river, Moscow Russia. Vintage 19th century photograph

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow, Russia
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Russian Orthodox catholic church, Moscow, Russia. Vintage 19th century photograph

Frost fair on the River Thames, 1814
The last frost fair on the River Thames, London, in February 1814, looking upstream towards Blackfriars Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral

Map showing the distances between cities 1939
Map showing the distance from Moscow, Danzig, Warsaw, Berlin and Venice in relation to London in order to highlight the likelihood of air raids. 1939

The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia
The Kremlin in Moscow, showing the Terem Palace, Assumption Cathedral and Ivan the Great Bell Tower. Illustration from Andrew Swintons Travels into Norway, Denmark and Russia, 1792

Petrovsky Palace, Moscow, 18th century
View of Petrovsky Palace, Moscow, built for Catherine the Great and designed by Matvei Kazakov in 1775-82. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Pietro Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

View of the Kremlin, Moscow, 18th century. Showing the Grand Kremlin Palace, Annunciation Cathedral, Assumption Cathedral and the Ivan the Great Bell Tower

View of the city of Moscow, Russia, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Napoleons Army snowed under on the Retreat
Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Army snowed under on the Retreat from Moscow, 1812. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor

General view, The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. Date: circa 1905

View of the Troitza Gate, Moscow, Russia
View of the Troitza (Trinity) Gate, Moscow, Russia. Date: circa 1905

Leslie Thornton in the dock at a trial in Moscow, USSR
Leslie Thornton in the dock, at a trial in Moscow of employees of the Metropolitan Vickers Company, April 1933. They were charged with sabotage, espionage

Napoleon at The Burning of Moscow. 1812

EDENs VISIT TO RUSSIA
Anthony Edens meeting with Josef Stalin in Moscow, described as the first visit of a British minister to Soviet Russia since the Revolution. Date: 1935

VIEWING THE VICTIMS
The people of Moscow are invited to see the bodies of those who have given their lives for the Revolution. Later they will be buried by the walls of the Kremlin. Date: November 1917

JOSEF STALIN / GERASIMOV
JOSEF STALIN Soviet political leader (left) with Voroshilov at the Kremlin Date: 1879-1953

STALIN AT RALLY
Stalin attends a rally in Red Square, Moscow. Date: November 1941

Builders at work bricklaying in the outskirts of Moscow, Russia Date: 1890s

The Retreat from Moscow. Date: 1812

The building that housed The Institute of Blood Transfusion (established by the USSR Labor and Defense Council in 1926) - the former mansion of the merchant Igumnov in the Yakimanka District

METRO-VICKERS TRIAL 1933
Russian lawyers confront the British engineer, Thornton, and his secretary, Kutosuova, accusing them of spying and sabotage. Metropolitan-Vickers trial, Moscow, Russia. Date: April 1933

MOSCOW / KREMLIN / TSAR GUN
Tsar Gun in the Kremlin: it was never used Date: 1913

MAP / EUROPE / RUSSIA 1549
A map of Russia, concentrating on the areas surrounding Moscow. Date: 1549

1918 / LENIN IN RED SQUARE
Vladimir Lenin in Red Square, Moscow. Date: 1918

THIRD INTERNATIONAL
The THIRD INTERNATIONAL is celebrated in Moscow Date: 1919

NICOLAS II CORONATION
Coronation of Nicolas II and Alexandra in Moscow Date: May 1896

WATCHING MOSCOW BURN
When his Russian expedition proves disastrous, he watches Moscow burn... Date: 1812

View of the monument to the Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852) in Moscow, Russia. It was erected in 1909 on Prechistensky Boulevard

Passenger on train, St Petersburg to Moscow route, Russia
Passenger in a train compartment on the St Petersburg to Moscow route, Russia. Date: circa 1900

Russian soldiers in Red Square, Moscow
Back view of three Soviet army officers walking though Red Square in Mosow. One of them carries a suitcase. They head towards St Basils Cathedral

Women street sweepers, Moscow
Two women street sweepers take a break and sit on a bench in a Moscow, street, USSR Date: circa 1978

Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Actor as the Tsar in Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich a 1868 historical drama by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, the second part of a trilogy that begins with The Death of Ivan the Terrible

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