The Bolshevik

Boris Kustodiev · 1920

Why it's great

A huge worker holding a red flag strides over the crowded rooftops of a Russian city in this symbol of the Bolshevik revolution. Boris Kustodiev painted it in 1920, three years after the Bolsheviks took power.

🏛️ Part of history

The Russian Revolution (1905–1922) — A huge worker holding a red flag strides over the crowded rooftops of a Russian city in this symbol of the Bolshevik revolution.

Where to see it

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Hang it on your wall

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About the artist

Boris Kustodiev

1878–1927 · born in Astrakhan · died in Saint Petersburg

Boris Kustodiev was a Russian painter born in Astrakhan in 1878. He lived in Saint Petersburg and painted colorful scenes of Russian merchants and festivals, and after the revolution made pictures of it despite being paralyzed and working from a wheelchair. He died in 1927.