Trotsky with Demyan Bedny
This remarkable photograph captures Leon Trotsky, one of the leading figures of the Russian Revolution, alongside the satirical poet Demyan Bedny in Kazan, circa 1918. It was a turbulent moment in Russian history — the Civil War was raging, and Trotsky, as People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs, was organizing the Red Army to defend the revolution.
Demyan Bedny, famous for his sharp political verses, was a close ally of the Bolshevik cause and often used his poetry as a weapon of propaganda. The image reflects a fleeting moment of revolutionary camaraderie between two influential men at the dawn of Soviet power — intellect and ideology united in a time of upheaval.
Demyan Bedny, famous for his sharp political verses, was a close ally of the Bolshevik cause and often used his poetry as a weapon of propaganda. The image reflects a fleeting moment of revolutionary camaraderie between two influential men at the dawn of Soviet power — intellect and ideology united in a time of upheaval.
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