Title

Revolutionary barricades on Liteyny Prospekt, Petrograd, Russia, 27 February 1917. Artist: Anon

Caption

Revolutionary barricades on Liteyny Prospekt, Petrograd, Russia, 27 February 1917. The February Revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the collapse of imperial Russia. A provisional government was established which effectively shared power with the Bolshevik Petrograd Soviet. In October the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional govenment and seized power themselves. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St Petersburg.

Date

1917

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Fine Art Images

Reference

HRM19D90_195

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

50,9Mo (1,3Mo) / 44,4cm x 28,7cm / 5245 x 3390 (300dpi)

Keywords

road people male man men street politics country guy lane avenue st petersburg location century Russia Russian rebellion revolution concept B&W MONOCHROME barricade saint petersburg upheaval USSR black & white black and white B W Leningrad 1910s 20th century Petrograd revolutionary 1917 Russian Revolution TGN Rossiya Rep photograph Anon Anonymous Sankt Peterburg February Revolution Liteyny Prospekt Fine Art Images photograph