Funny Pictures: Soviet History in Pictures "leaders"

All of these previously publicly available documents on Monday became the exhibits of the State Historical Museum "What's a pen." Such funny stuff in the unhappy time drawing on each other at meetings of the Politburo. Special poignancy differed Commissar Valery Mezhlauk (in the 38-meter shot him), his jokes from the waist instead of walls put on the screen touchscreen. Is exposure and planning documents. Rather, gradosnositelnye. The ruling 35-year – an order to remove the eagles from the towers of the Kremlin walls and Historical Museum, where many years later they returned and where this exhibition is now taking place. In the two tiny rooms – compressed to 111 autographs Soviet history: cartoons, drawings, notes in the margins, all made ​​by hand. Here's an award for security officers in the 32-m proposed to introduce the head of the Cheka Menzhinsky. But the Cavaliers – none. All because of Stalin's stroke – against. Next – Diploma of receipt of the Order of Red Banner of Trotsky, which also no one had ever seen: the names objectionable corroding with great care. Or an album Kukryniksov. Stalin wanted to give his Kirov in 34 th, but could not … "Two autograph. Voroshilov calls himself a leader. This is the first example of what they have positioned themselves as leaders ", – tells Tatyana Koloskov, head of the branch Gima Museum VI Lenin. " And next – the lists of voters at the plenum of the 37 th year, which began with the Great Terror: first, the signature of "yes, against" Tukhachevskogo next week "yeah" – are already against him Tukhachevsky. But the iconography of the general secretaries. That these approved images can be printed in textbooks, posters and postcards. A whole room – recreated study of Lenin, did not see him with the 93rd, when the leader of the Central Museum was closed. And documents from the secret dossier. Including a letter from the 32-year, in which his sister Anna Ilinichna requests in the wake growth of anti-Semitism among the Bolsheviks to highlight the Jewish roots of their family. The answer was – "Shut up." Or income statement of Lenin for his 18 th year. "Lenin was a very honest, he wrote a total income – 26 000 rubles, and then – pay the chairman of People's Commissars, nine thousand six hundred. A 15 000 – it's fees from the journalistic activity "- explains the museum Olga Kitashova. For comparison: the average annual salary then was 6000. Here, the correspondence between Lenin and Armand, and then have conversations with Armand Krupskaya. Here in the 24 th, after the death of Lenin, it offers a "road Inesochke" take a photo of the leader in the coffin, on which he was "particularly – quote – went well." Here is a list of anti-Soviet philosophers who were going to put on a philosophical boat. With many of the documents with a particular level of secrecy has only just taken off the neck. For example, with a note Bray zhneva 72-year to charge a fee for Jews leaving Russia. Or sympathy with Kollontai in connection with the death of Nadezhda Alliluyeva. "Special folder – this special folder. Some of the documents so secret that access to them had only three members of the Politburo, "- says the director of the State Historical Museum Alexei Levykin. To get these documents, the authors shoveled a few hundred cases in the archives. Not easier to write comments. For example, a note asking them not to demolish two houses on the knights of the Swamp. "It's better to demolish the tower Sukharevskaya" – the author writes. It turned out that these buildings stood on the site of today's home on the waterfront. Each document, followed by dozens of fate, now you can hold in your hands.