All Russian Co-operative Society
The All-Russian Co-operative Society was the principal body responsible for orchestrating Anglo-Soviet trade in the early days of the Soviet Union, following the development of Vladimir Lenin's New Economic Policy. Its headquarters was located in Hampstead, London. In 1927 the organisation was raided by British authorities, who accused the company as serving as a front for subversive activities.
Head office in Ilyinka Street, Moscow, erected 1927-1928 on a design by Vladimir Mayat [ru]
Mikhail Markovich Gruzenberg, known by the alias Borodin, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Communist International (Comintern) agent. He was an advisor to Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang (KMT) in China during the 1920s.
1920s portrait of Borodin
Borodin in Nanchang, 1926