ekaterinburg

"Chelyabinsk (Russian: Челя́бинск; IPA: [tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk]) is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northeast of the oblast, 210 kilometers (130 mi) south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River, on the border of Europe and Asia" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk

Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs (1919) has no pictures of Chelyabinsk refugees. This is likely: "75383, Refugees in the station at Ekaterin- burg. These homeless people sleep on every available square inch of space. Photograph shows them crowded on the stairway. Many of them have lived thus for months. Daily many of them are removed to the hospital with typhus fever. 1918. " archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n575/mode/2up

Thanks for the information, we will make sure to add the current spelling of the city!

This is apparently the photo described in Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs (1919): "76408. Captured ringleaders of the Tomsk Government. Bolshevik government heads who were imprisoned by the Czechs at Ekaterinburg, Russia. Left to right are shown the secretary who promoted Bolshevik propaganda, the town commissaire, and the chief justice. The girl stenographer is also shown. They have all been executed. 1918. " books.google.com/books?id=DJZDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA577#v=sni...

Thank you Art Siegel. We will add the information from the Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs caption to our description when we update.

The sun., April 20, 1919, Section 5 Pictorial Review, Image 56 printed this photo with the caption: "Ringleaders of the Bolshevik plot in the Tomsk Government in Russia who were imprisoned by the Czechs at Ekaterinburg. The photograph was taken shortly before they were executed for spreading Bolshevist propaganda." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-04-20/ed-...

Another (cropped) publication, in Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 7, April 18, 1919: " BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT HEADS WHO WERE EXECUTED TWENTY-FOUR PICTURE WAS TAKEN These are the captured ringleaders of the Tomsk government. They are bolshevik government heads who were imprisoned by the Czechs at Ekaterinburg, Russia. The four principals in the foreground are (from left to light) the secretary who promoted Bolshevik propaganda, the town commisaire and the girl stenographer, while immediately above her to the right is the chief Justice. The entire quartet were executed 24 hours after this picture was taken. " oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1919-04-18/ed-1/se...