"Russia's dark days in colour" Topic
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| Kuznetsov | 29 Apr 2024 4:59 a.m. PST |
Russia's dark days in colour: The grim reality of the 1917 revolution is brought to life in images
Interesting livery on that agit-train… More pictures here: link |
Cuprum2  | 29 Apr 2024 6:38 a.m. PST |
Interesting work, but not all colors for coloring the photo were chosen correctly (although it's hard to blame the artist for this – it's beyond his knowledge).
For example, in the photo showing Lenin and Stalin, Lenin is wearing a British soldier's jacket and, accordingly, it should have a different color.
Propaganda trains (both white and red) were often very interestingly decorated. White propaganda train:
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| 79thPA | 29 Apr 2024 9:50 a.m. PST |
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| Gray Bear | 29 Apr 2024 9:55 a.m. PST |
Cuprum2, Trotski is standing near Lenin in the photo, not Stalin. In fact m, I believe this is one of the many photos Stalin later ordered to be altered to remove the image of his greatest rival from proximity to Lenin. |
| Greg G1 | 29 Apr 2024 10:22 a.m. PST |
Gray Bear, if you click on the link at the bottom of Kuznetsov's post you will find the photo Cuprum2 is referring to.
Great photo's. |
| Gray Bear | 29 Apr 2024 12:07 p.m. PST |
Sorry! My bad. Thanks for the correction. |
| Darrell B D Day | 29 Apr 2024 2:32 p.m. PST |
Interesting topic, thanks for posting. But "Russia's Dark Days"? Yes, very grim but if these were the dark days, how would you describe what was to come under Stalin?
DBDD
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| Grattan54 | 29 Apr 2024 6:07 p.m. PST |
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| jedburgh | 30 Apr 2024 5:50 a.m. PST |
Who does the guy standing fifth from the left remind you of? |
| Cuprum2 | 01 May 2024 2:32 a.m. PST |
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| jedburgh | 01 May 2024 5:43 a.m. PST |
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| mjkerner | 07 May 2024 10:32 a.m. PST |
I wasn't aware that Russia ever had anything but dark days. |
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