Keywords: boris souvarine borissouvarine russia portrait demyan bedny demyanbedny v. shabel'skii vshabelskii 20th century 20thcentury soviet union sovietunion демьян бедный демьянбедный demian bedny demianbedny russian poet russianpoet people monochrome photo border Boris Souvarine Papers - Soviet Russia Photos graduateinstitute.ch/home/research/library/archives/boris... Notes: Portrait of Russian politician, poet and satirist Demian Bedny ("Demian the Poor") (1883-1945). Born in Ukraine to a poor family, Yefim Alekseevich Pridvorov (his original name) became involved in politics during his studies in Saint-Petersburg, in the revolutionary years around 1905. In the early 1910s, he began a private correspondence with Lenin and developed a friendship with him. A supporter of the Bolsheviks during the Revolution, he was a very popular writer who was strongly supported by the Soviet regime during the 1920-1930s. The Boris Souvarine Papers' collection holds another photo of Demian Bedny, with Anatoly Lunacharsky: "Portrait of Anatoly Lunacharsky and Demian Bedny (...)". The document is a photographic reproduction of the photo made by V. Shabel'skii. Description: 1 photograph. Black and white ; 13 x 18.5 cm. Boris Souvarine Papers - Soviet Russia Photos graduateinstitute.ch/home/research/library/archives/boris... Notes: Portrait of Russian politician, poet and satirist Demian Bedny ("Demian the Poor") (1883-1945). Born in Ukraine to a poor family, Yefim Alekseevich Pridvorov (his original name) became involved in politics during his studies in Saint-Petersburg, in the revolutionary years around 1905. In the early 1910s, he began a private correspondence with Lenin and developed a friendship with him. A supporter of the Bolsheviks during the Revolution, he was a very popular writer who was strongly supported by the Soviet regime during the 1920-1930s. The Boris Souvarine Papers' collection holds another photo of Demian Bedny, with Anatoly Lunacharsky: "Portrait of Anatoly Lunacharsky and Demian Bedny (...)". The document is a photographic reproduction of the photo made by V. Shabel'skii. Description: 1 photograph. Black and white ; 13 x 18.5 cm. |