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Caption at bottom: Members of the Central Executive [Committee] "Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (Russian: Я́ков Миха́йлович Свердло́в; IPA: [ˈjakəf mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ svʲɪrdˈlof]; known by pseudonyms "Andrei", "Mikhalych", "Max", "Smirnov", "Permyakov"; 3 June [O.S. 22 May] 1885 – 16 March 1919) was a Bolshevik party administrator and chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Sverdlov

Probably misspelled and "Varlam Aleksandrovich Avanesov (Russian: Варлаам Александрович Аванесов; born Suren Karpovich Martirosyan, Russian: Сурен Карпович Мартиросян;[1] 1884 – March 16, 1930) was an Armenian Bolshevik and Soviet communist politician." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varlam_Avanesov

AKA "All Russian Central Executive Committee", of which Sverdlov was chairman and the two others were secretaries: books.google.com/books?id=uJsaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA275&l...

This photo is in the 'Album of Revolutionary Russia' www.marxists.org/history/ussr/art/photography/album/Rev-R... The caption says that they were Members of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviets. Sverdloff was President, Smoliansky and Avanesov were secretaries.

Thanks Art Siegel and B-59 for finding the related image in the "Album of Revolutionary Russia." We will add more details when we update.

Appears to have been derived from this glass plate image - www.loc.gov/item/ggb2006006212/

Michael Neubert : Now on Flickr too

Thank you for drawing connections between items in the Library's collection!

"Sergey Semyonovich Zorin (1891–1937), was the party's First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee roughly equating to that of mayor. He held the position between November 1919 and February 1921. As such, he hosted the 2nd World Congress of the Comintern." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Zorin

This photo is in the 'Album of Revolutionary Russia' www.marxists.org/history/ussr/art/photography/album/Rev-R... The caption says that Zorin was President of the Petrograd Revolutionary Tribunal.

Thanks Art Siegel and B-59 for finding the related image in the "Album of Revolutionary Russia." We will add more details when we update.