Elena Stasova
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Elena Dmitriyevna Stasova was a Russian Soviet revolutionary, Old Bolshevik and an early leader of the Russian Communist Party.
Stasova, c. 1907
Stasova, c. 1906
Stasova and Vladimir Lenin at the 2nd Comintern Congress, 1920
Nikolay Krestinsky
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Krestinsky was a Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary and politician who served as the Responsible Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Elena Stasova
…of the Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) In office 25 March 1919 – 29 November 1919 Preceded by Yakov Sverdlov Succeeded by Nikolay Krestinsky (as Responsible Secretary) Technical Secretary of the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) In office April 1917…
Krestinsky in 1929
Nikolay Krestinsky, Soviet Ambassador to Germany (Jul 1923 to Sep 1930). Behind him the Deputy Trade representative Turov. Standing on the right is Voldemar Aussem who later became Plenipotentiary Representative to Austria (May to Dec 1924). Krestinsky and Aussem were repressed during the Great Purge.
Krestinsky’s cenotaph at Novodevichy Cemetery.