Images

The Russian Aurora naval cruiser which famously participated in the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917 by firing upon Petrograd's Winter Palace. The ship is seen here anchored in St. Petersburg (formerly Petrograd).

Confederate soldiers advance through the woods toward the Union lines at the Battle of Chickamauga (19-20 Sept 1863), drawing on paper by Alfred R. Waud, 1863. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

The tattered coat worn by Confederate Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne (1828-1864) when he was killed at the Battle of Franklin on 30 November 1864. Museum of the Confederacy in Appomattox, Virginia. Photo taken by Farrargirl, 2017.

Depiction of the Battle of Shiloh (6-7 April 1862), artwork by Thure de Thulstrup, printed by L. Prang & Co., c. 1888. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne of Field and Staff, 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and Confederate States Army General Staff in uniform. Photograph by Ben Oppenheimer, between 1861 and 1864. Cleburne, known as "Stonewall of the...

Confederate troops assault the Union lines at the Battle of Franklin (30 Nov 1864), one of the final major battles of the American Civil War (1861-1865), print by Kurz and Allison, 1891. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

The Bolshevik, oil on canvas by Boris Kustodiev, 1920. Dedicated to the Russian Revolution of 1917, Kustodiev depicts a collosal figure flying the red banner of the new Soviet state as he leads the Moscow crowds through the streets. The...

Freedom Loan, poster by Boris Kustodiev, 1917. A Russian Revolution era poster promoting the Freedom (or Liberty) Loan, a proposal of the new Russian Provisional Government to control an unraveling economy amidst the war effort against the...

Photograph of the demolition of the monument to Alexander III in Moscow, July 1918. As Tsarist Russia fell in 1917, so did the monuments of its monarchs. The colossal bronze statue to Alexander III was dismantled in July 1918 following a...

Portrait of Leon Trotsky, photographic negative on glass by the Meurisse Press Agency, October 1921. Trotsky (1879-1940) was a prominent figure in the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917, as well as the subsequent civil war, wherein he...