Postcard Sergey Lazo Visiting Transbaikal Partisans, 1954.
The size is continental standard 6" x 4", postally unused and unmarked; published by the Soviet Artist Publishing House, circulation 100,000. The artwork is an offset print of a painting by B. Cherednik depicting Sergey Lazo, a Bolshevik revolutionary and military leader during the Russian Civil War, visiting a detachment of Transbaikal partisans. After Admiral Kolchak and the Provisional Government of Siberia had seized power in Siberia in 1918, Lazo joined the underground Bolshevik resistance and was instrumental in organizing the partisan movement against the Provisional Government. While in Vladivostok to lead the uprising against Kolchak's government, Lazo was captured by the Japanese and handed over to the White Army leadership. He was executed, and there are two versions of his death: that he was burned alive in a steam engine firebox, or that he was shot first and then burned in a steam engine firebox.
In excellent condition, showing just tiny corner bumps.
Item# 46782
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