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Mykola Leontovych
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Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, and teacher. His music was inspired by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko and the Ukrainian National Music Schoo
The Podolia Theological Seminary [uk] in 1865
The Podolia Theological Seminary [uk] in 1865
Tulchyn, from a photograph of 1908
Tulchyn, from a photograph of 1908
Cheka
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The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission, abbreviated as VChK, and commonly known as the Cheka, was the first Soviet secret police organization. It was established on 20 December 1917 by the Council o
Mykola Leontovych
…23 January 1921, Leontovych was staying at the home of his parents, whom he was visiting for the Eastern Orthodox Feast of the Nativity. An undercover chekist (Soviet state security agent), Afanasy Hrishchenko, had asked to stay the night at the house, and he shared a room with Leontovych. At 7.30 in the…
Chekists frequently dressed in black leather, allegedly following the example of Yakov Sverdlov (pictured here in 1918).
Chekists frequently dressed in black leather, allegedly following the example of Yakov Sverdlov (pictured here in 1918).
Members of the presidium of VCheKa (left to right) Yakov Peters, Józef Unszlicht, Abram Belenky (standing), Felix Dzerzhinsky, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky,
Members of the presidium of VCheKa (left to right) Yakov Peters, Józef Unszlicht, Abram Belenky (standing), Felix Dzerzhinsky, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, 1921
Smolny, the seat of the Soviet government in 1917 (pictured in 2004)
Smolny, the seat of the Soviet government in 1917 (pictured in 2004)
Grigory Petrovsky
Grigory Petrovsky