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Russian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection

Historic photos taken during the political and social revolution across the territory

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Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Revolution Lights

Revolution Lights
14th November 1925: The Grand Theatre, Moscow, illuminated with the inscription Art for the Workers, for the celebration of the 8th anniversary of the Russian Revolution

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Revolutionary Medal

Revolutionary Medal
circa 1917: The Order of October Revolution established in honour of the Russian Revolution of 1917. (Photo Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Russian Front

Russian Front
1918: A seaplane skims across the water at Troitsa, during the Allied landings on the Murmansk-Archangel front to intervene in the Russian revolution

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Moika Canal

Moika Canal
Soldiers and students lying in wait for the police near the Moika Canal in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) during the 1917 Russian Revolution. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Seaplane

Seaplane
circa 1916: A Fairey F17 Campania seaplane is lowered onto the water from an arircraft carrier, ready to take part in the Allied intervention in the Russian revolution

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Revolution Corner

Revolution Corner
October 1917: A shop with shattered windows in Moscow, after suffering damage during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Revolution Demo

Revolution Demo
18th June 1917: A demonstration in Petrograd during the Russian Revolution. Central State Files on Film and Photo Documents of USSR. Fotokhronika TASS. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Vote For Women

Vote For Women
October 1917: Women marching during the Russian Revolution, demanding the right to vote. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution
1917: Fleeing crowds during the Russian Revolution which resulted in the seizing of power by the Bolsheviks under Lenin. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Petrograd Insurgents

Petrograd Insurgents
4th May 1917: A crowd watches a demonstration of revolutionary units of the Petrograd garrison during the Russian Revolution. Fotokhronika TASS (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution
1917: The first revolutionary soldiers parade in a square in Petrograd (formerly St Petersburg), during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution
October 1917: Demonstration before Saint Isaacs Cathedral in Petrograd, formerly St Petersburg, during the October phase of the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution
26th October 1917: A mass demonstration in Petrograd, formerly St Petersburg, during the October phase of the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Potemkin Mutiny

Potemkin Mutiny
Mutinous naval crew members of the Russian battleship, Knyaz Potemkin Tavircheski putting in to port after their surrender at the Romanian port of Constanta. (Photo by F Bezancon/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: A Sea Of Faces

A Sea Of Faces
Russian soldiers, sailors and a few civilians listen to a speech by Rodzhianko in the Catherine Hall of the Tauride Palace, Petrograd (St Petersburg)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Illustration of bolsheviks gaining control of city during the Russian Revolution

Illustration of bolsheviks gaining control of city during the Russian Revolution

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Illustration of refugees during Russian Revolution

Illustration of refugees during Russian Revolution

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Poster depicting marching protestors during Russian Revolution

Poster depicting marching protestors during Russian Revolution

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Tsars Palace

Tsars Palace
1917: Tsar Nicholas IIs palace in Moscow, damaged during the Russian Revolution. Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Street Fighting In St. Petersburg

Street Fighting In St. Petersburg
Elevated view of fighting in the streets, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1917. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Refugees

Refugees
1917: Refugees stand on the deck of a ship during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Riddled Building

Riddled Building
1st October 1917: The building at the corner of Boulevard Nitsitsky shows bullet-holes and signs of street fighting during the Russian Revolutuion. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Metropole Under Fire

Metropole Under Fire
1917: The facade of the Hotel Metropole in Moscow shows bullet-holes after an assault during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Uspensky Cathedral

Uspensky Cathedral
circa 1917: Uspensky Cathedral, Moscow, damaged by shrapnel during the Russian Revolution. Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Nikolsky Gate

Nikolsky Gate
circa 1917: Shrapnel damage on Nikolsky Gate, Moscow, after the Russian Revolution. Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Grave Of Bolsheviks

Grave Of Bolsheviks
circa 1917: A common grave of Bolsheviks at the walls of the Kremlin, Moscow. Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Slovooshchi Church

Slovooshchi Church
circa 1917: Slovooshchi Church, Kremlin, Moscow. Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Tribunal

Tribunal
circa 1917: The Revolutionary Tribunal building, former palace of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievich, at Moscow. Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: The Desmoines

The Desmoines
May 1919: The US battle cruiser, Desmoines, leaving Harwich harbour for Archangel. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Odessa 1905

Odessa 1905
Striking workers demonstrate in the harbour town of Odessa (or Odesa) during the Revolution of 1905. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Potemkin Crew

Potemkin Crew
Mutineers from the Russian Battleship Potemkin breakfast in a Romanian Hotel. The crew killed their captain and rose in mutiny while the ship was moored in Odessa harbour during the 1905 Revolution

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Russian News

Russian News
Russian political refugees from the Revolution of 1905 set up their own news agency in Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Winter Palace

Winter Palace
Demonstrators gather in front of the Winter Palace in Petrograd, formerly St Petersburg and later re-named Leningrad, during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Bomb Damage

Bomb Damage
1917: The Kremlin in Moscow after clashes between Constitutional Democrats (Cadets) and Maximalists. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Allies At Murmansk

Allies At Murmansk
1st April 1918: Men of the Royal Naval Air Service (now the Fleet Air Arm) stand on top of a seaplane, preparing to moor it, during Allied intervention after the Russian Revolution

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Naval Mutiny

Naval Mutiny
18th October 1905: Naval students demonstrate in St Petersburg during the Revolution of 1905. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Dying For A Cause

Dying For A Cause
1st August 1905: People carry coffins during the Russian Revolution of 1905. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Freedom And Industry

Freedom And Industry
1st October 1917: Soldiers, sailors and civilians march under one banner extolling the values of freedom and industry in the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Barricade

Barricade
12th March 1917: Barricades traversing a street in St Petersburg, as a red flag floats above the cannons, during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Hotel Metropole

Hotel Metropole
October 1917: The damaged front of Hotel Metropole in Moscow, following the Russian Revolution. Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Run To Safety

Run To Safety
October 1917: People running for cover during a gun battle on Nevsky Prospect, Petrograd (now St Petersburg), during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: At Peoples House

At Peoples House
circa 1917: A mass meeting at Narodny Dom (The Peoples House) at Petrograd (St Petersburg). Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Choodov Monastery

Choodov Monastery
circa 1917: Shrapnel damage to Choodov Monastery at the Kremlin, Moscow, after the Russian Revolution. Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Damaged Church

Damaged Church
circa 1917: A damaged wall at the Church of the Twelve Apostles, Moscow, after an attack during the Russian Revolution. Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Imperial Manifesto

Imperial Manifesto
31st October 1917: Crowds gather to hear the Imperial Manifesto, granting rights and liberties to the Russian people, being read out from a balcony at the University of St Petersburg

Background imageRussian Revolution (1917-1922) Collection: Demonstration

Demonstration
1917: A demonstration on the day of the opening of the Constituent Assembly at Tauride Palace, Petrograd. Original Publication: Russian Album (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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