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1917339<p>An original antique sepia photograph titled "British Labour Delegation to Russia. April 1917" identifying the men as "Wm. Sanders W. Thorne E.Bowe Interpreter J. O'Grady". Photographer / location not credited. Overall size 30.4cm x 24.8cm photograph size 14cm x 19.5cm. Mounted on card. Not framed. The card mount has some corner bumping. The photograph has small surface abrasions mainly to lower edge and upper right corer. The mount has some dusting and edge wear.</p><p><i>A related photograph exists depicting the Labour Delegation possibly August 1917 though again including J. O'Grady and W. Thorne among the Russian soldiers who had refused to fire upon the people at the onset of the Russian Revolution and is preserved among the papers of Ron Todd in the Warwick Digital Collection. </i></p><p><i>In February 1917 with Russia exhausted by three years of war a series of strikes and bread riots in Petrograd led to the collapse of autocratic rule and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. In Britain the socialist movement greeted the fall of the Romanov dynasty with unanimous enthusiasm but found itself divided on the way forward and on questions of war and peace. Across the country meetings passed resolutions conveying fraternal greetings to the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies one of two competing centres of revolutionary power and calling for peace in Europe. Others supported the internationally-recognised Provisional Government and shared its determination to pursue the war with Germany to a victorious conclusion. Several British labour delegations visited Russia and the Soviet Union during the period in question – one in 1917 another in 1920 a third in 1925 and finally the Women's Delegation of 1925. Their composition and objectives varied considerably reflecting the labour politics of their time – for instance the 1917 delegation met with the Provisional Government and urged support for the continuation of the First World War whereas the 1920 delegation against the backdrop of Hands Off Russia was staunchly anti-interventionist.</i></p> Not Known
1917167901917. Russia bond Irkutsk 1917 This bond dates from the year of the Bolshevik revolution. 200 rubles P-S886. During the Russian Civil War which broke out after the October Revolution the city of Irkutsk to whom this Bond was issued became the site of many furious bloody clashes between the "White movement" and the "Red Bolsheviks". In 1920 Aleksandr Kolchak the commander of the largest contingent of anti-Bolshevik forces was executed in Irkutsk. This effectively destroyed the anti-Bolshevik resistance. Bolshevik revolutionaries overthrew the Provisional government subsequently creating the Soviet government. The amounts of payments in default were enormous. the repudiation of the old debt by the Soviet government shocked international finance and triggered unanimous condemnation by the governments of the great powers. The revolutionary Russia completely fell out of the world economy and sealed itself up in isolation. unknown
1929D6770Russia 1929. Paperback. Near Fine. Manuscript periodical in four parts numbered 3 4 11 and 13. Staple-bound heavy cardstock wraps brightly illustrated in pen-and-ink and watercolor; four volumes; 8vo 230 x 180 mm; pp. 136 illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink and watercolour drawings signed "S. Sh." or "S. Sheff" Russia 1929. Covers a little scuffed along spine and edges otherwise fine -- bold and bright. <br/><br/>A compilation of various accounts relating to the Russian Navy and Air Force in the decade following the Revolution recorded in tidy penmanship and with quick watercolors painted direct in text plus nicely accomplished pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations tipped-on showing landscapes sea-scapes portraits and air and sea vessels. The accounts report the travails of various ships including the "Prome" "Paris Commune" "Frunze" the ice-breakers "Ermak" and "Lenin" and others. One part is devoted mostly to the Turkish Fleet and action in the Black Sea during 1914-1917. The aeronautic sections discuss Zeppelin's dirigible and the British R-101. The journal lists various contributors including F. Raskol'nikov L. Berman A. Marti P. Stasevich and others. S. Sheff who drew the illustrations probably produced this journal issuing it over the course of a number of years; the present issues are numbered 3 4 11 and 13 and belong to the fourth year of composition. A nice folk art example of "Grafica Russa" Russian Graphics of the early 20th century combining graphic design illustration and calligraphic interest. paperback
192389160New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1923. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm; deep green textured cloth over boards titled in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; xxv476pp; frontispiece and 73 inserted leaves of photographic plates halftones and 15 inserted maps one folding; one text illus. Ex-library copy with Hill Library Saint Paul markings and stamps to spine title page and rear endpaper. Modest shelf-wear and -soil with upper marginal tear to p.149 gutter starting at p.160 and 3/4" tape mend p.375; Good. <br /> <br /> Thorough account of the AEF in Siberia where the author served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Infantry winning the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in battle. The book's final third is an enthusiastic description of Siberia's untapped economic potential. Channing aka Gross entered the Diplomatic Service following his discharge from the Army serving as the U.S. Charges d'Affaires in Haiti until his death in a car accident in 1933. A somewhat hard-to-find account. 89160. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
192361117New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1923. First Edition. Octavo. Deep green textured cloth over boards titled in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; xxv476pp; frontispiece and 73 inserted leaves of photographic plates halftones and 15 inserted maps one folding; one text illus. A straight tight Very Good or better copy in the original publisher's cloth; a few pages of pencil marginalia mostly to TOC. All plates and maps present. <br /> <br /> A thorough account of the AEF in Siberia where the author served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Infantry winning the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in battle. The book's final third is an enthusiastic description of Siberia's untapped economic potential. Channing aka Gross entered the Diplomatic Service following his discharge from the Army serving as the U.S. Charges d'Affaires in Haiti until his death in a car accident in 1933. A somewhat hard-to-find account; this a quite nice copy. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
