Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. A key Bolshevik organizer of the October Revolution of 1917, Sverdlov served as chairman of the Secretariat of the Russia
Sverdlov in 1918
Sverdlov's Okhrana mugshot, 1910
Sverdlov and Vladimir Lenin open the monument to Karl Marx in 1918
Lev Borisovich Kamenev was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. A prominent Old Bolshevik, Kamenev was a leading figure in the early Soviet government and served as a deputy premier of the S
Yakov Sverdlov
…the Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets In office 21 November 1917 – 16 March 1919 Premier Vladimir Lenin Preceded by Lev Kamenev Succeeded by Mikhail Vladimirsky (acting) Chairman of the Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) In office 8 March 1918 – 16 March…
Kamenev at the Brest-Litovsk in December 1917 (right first).
Kamenev and Lenin at Gorki, 1922
Lev Kamenev, Director of the Lenin Institute of the Central Committee 1923