This image is titled Companions in Arms and was produced by Zritel in December 1905, at the start of the Revolution. It shows four types of men in the Russian Empire, all of whom participated in the Revolution and in … Read more

In this issue of the political satire journal Sprut, we are presented with an over-looming peasant woman, extreme thin, impoverished giving bones with leaflets of some kind attached to it to a crowd of dogs dressed as capitalists. The woman, Geaktsіya … Read more

This cover image of the first publication of the Zritel’ periodical depicts a man standing in a darkened room and looking out of the window to see the red light of the Revolution. The window and the vision of the … Read more

Although peasants involved in the revolutionary movements of the early 20th century were concerned with expropriation of land from private owners, and workers were pushing for various labor protections, administration was another area in which change was seen as increasingly … Read more

Zritel’, vol.1, no.18, October 30, 1905 Pobedonostsev and Trepov Alexander Trepov belonged to a family actively engaged in state service. His father was Governor of St. Petersburg and his brother Dmitry led the State’s oppressive responses to the Revolution of … Read more

In June and July 1905, during the height of the Revolution, many peasant uprisings took the fight over a full emancipation from the assemblies to action in the villages. Seizing land and tools, setting straw alight created disorder in regional … Read more

This is the cover illustration of Adskaia pochta from 1906, with the caption “Radost’ na nebe novogo manifesta radi” (Joy in Heaven Thanks to the New Manifesto). It shows a host of angels celebrating what seems to be the October … Read more

Princess Kan, the President of the Volunteer Nurses Association found here. This card was part of set of 3 called the “Red Cross Set”, and was also part of a larger set of Russo-Japanese War commemorative postcards released in 1905. … Read more

The first two postcards depict the sinking of Russian battleships during the conflict. Instead of focusing on the glory or bombastic depictions of Japanese ships, several postcards such as the one’s above more so focused on the damage or demise … Read more

The postcard above demonstrates a growing trend among postcards through the Russo-Japanese War, that of postcard ‘realism’. This trend grew out of earlier examples, such as the war reporting of the Crimean War, and aimed to show the ‘gritty’ side … Read more