Vladimir Lenin in his office in the Kremlin. Moscow. October 4, 1922.

SMPHR. F.III-36457

Vladimir Lenin (Ulyanov) (1870–1924), revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik Party.

The founder and de facto leader of the world’s first socialist state, the Russian SFSR. He played a key role in the formation of the USSR.

Mikhail Kalinin at the construction of the Volkhov hydropower plant. Leningrad Region. 1924.

SMPHR. F.III-1441

Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946),

revolutionary, Bolshevik, Soviet politician.

In 1922–1938, he was Chairman of the USSR Central Executive Committee representing the Russian SFSR.

Grigory Petrovsky. 1920–1930.

SMPHR. F.III Vs-6261

Grigory Petrovsky (1878–1958),

revolutionary, Bolshevik, Soviet politician.

In 1922–1938, the Chairman of the USSR Central Executive Committee representing the Ukrainian SSR.

Nariman Narimanov. Baku. 1920.

SMPHR. F.III-33867

Nariman Narimanov (1870–1925),

writer, Bolshevik, Soviet politician. In 1922–1925, he was Chairman of the USSR Central Executive Committee representing the Transcaucasian SFSR.

Cover of the Verbatim Report of the 1st Congress of Soviets and the 1st Session of the Central Executive Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Published by the Central Executive Committee of the USSR. Moscow. 1923.

SMPHR. F.II-11144

Delegates to the 1st Transcaucasian Congress of Soviets, elected to the 1st All-Union Congress of Soviets. Baku. December 1922.

SMPHR. F.III-36001