The size is continental standard 6" x 4", unmailable without a cover. Published by the PLANETA Publishers, circulation unknown. Captioned on the verso in Russian and English. The photo captured a rare moment of rest in Lenin's busy schedule, enjoying the company of a Doberman-pinscher at his dacha in Gorki, a "not too luxurious" early 19th century mansion in a near suburb of Moscow surrounded by a large park which included an orchard with hundreds of apple and cherry trees, and a modest vegetable garden on just a little more than 8,600 acres of land while the ravaged young Soviet

The size is continental standard 6" x 4", unmailable without a cover. Published by the PLANETA Publishers, circulation unknown. Captioned on the verso in Russian and English. The photo captured a rare moment of rest in Lenin's busy schedule, enjoying the company of a Doberman-pinscher at his dacha in Gorki, a "not too luxurious" early 19th century mansion in a near suburb of Moscow surrounded by a large park which included an orchard with hundreds of apple and cherry trees, and a modest vegetable garden on just a little more than 8,600 acres of land while the ravaged young Soviet Republic starved. The image is rather grainy, as if the photo had been taken from a distance, perhaps clandestinely, and then enlarged. Possibly, the photo was taken soon after one of the strokes Lenin suffered in 1922: note his slumped posture and rigidly straight left hand. The strokes triggered severe political struggle and the rise of Stalin to power right after Lenin's death in 1924.

In excellent condition, showing very mild age-toning and a few minuscule dots of foxing to the obverse. The verso is pristine.
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