The Pogrom of the Winter Palace

Ivan Vladimirov · 1917

Why it's great

Soldiers and workers rush into the Winter Palace, the home of the Russian government, on the night of October 25, 1917, when the Bolsheviks seized power. Ivan Vladimirov painted it in 1917 as an eyewitness.

🏛️ Part of history

The Russian Revolution (1905–1922) — Soldiers and workers rush into the Winter Palace, the home of the Russian government, on the night of October 25, 1917, when the Bolsheviks seized power.

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About the artist

Ivan Vladimirov

1868–1947 · born in Vilnius · died in Saint Petersburg

Ivan Vladimirov was a Russian painter born in Vilnius in 1869. He worked in Saint Petersburg and made large paintings and drawings of the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 as an eyewitness. He died in Leningrad in 1947.