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Description: White Army propaganda poster from the Russian Civil War era (1919), depicting a caricature Leon Trotsky (as a large demon like figure with bright red skin.) and Chinese soldiers (below, wearing braids and blue and gold uniforms). There was a notable number of them in the Red Army. They are depicted executing a prisoner and shoveling bones. Texts are in pre-reform Russian orthography. Top: Миръ и свобода въ Совдепiи / "Peace and Freedom in Sovdepiya" Left flag: Р.С.Ф.С.Р / R.S.F.S.R. Right flag: Рабоч. крест. правит. / "Workers' and Peasants' Government" (abbreviated) On the wall: ПРИКАЗ ... Главковерх Лев Троцкий / "Decree ...(illegible)... Signed: Supreme military commander Lev Trotsky" The wall is supposed to be the Kremlin wall (Kutafya Tower, to be precise). Notice also the Red Star (drawn as a pentagram) on Trotsky's neck.
Title: WhiteArmyPropagandaPosterOfTrotsky
Credit: http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/photo/t1919b.htm or http://historydoc.edu.ru/catalog.asp?cat_ob_no=12438&ob_no=13597
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