The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia

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A disturbing glimpse into the manipulation of photographs for political advancement by Joseph Stalin includes instances of this happening throughout his reign, illustrated with reproductions of the actual doctored photographs. 15,000 first printing. Cover Title Page Copyright Preface Introduction: Heavy Soviet Losses A Ghostly Pillar A Gray Blur Problems of Propaganda Terrible Retribution Is it a Plane? Lenin’s Mad Dog / Gross Vilification Old Bolsheviks The Commisar Vanishes Ghost Train Chapayev: The Legend Continues Civil War Heroes Trouble in the Caucasus Band of Stereotypes Practically Extinct The Inflatable Log Crowd Control Planning the World Revolution The Children Kashino Enemy of the People The Stalin School of Petrification Basic Rules of Photography Not to be Reproduced The Canonization of Lenin Hollywood, USSR Long-Term Friendships Four, Three, Two, One … A Savage Attack on the Working Class Cruel Moscow The Boss Older and Wiser Soviet Citizens Murderers / Assassins Architectural Retouching Warm Welcome in Red Square Ten Years of Uzbekistan Stalin’s Old Friend The Executives’ Exit Soviet Tailoring in the 1930s Denouced by a Jealous Designer Look for An Enemy! Workers of the World, Unite! Unforgettable Moment Higher and Higher! A Swift Exit On Guard Drowned in Blood Jealousy and Revenge Earth in Turmoil Born Again Stalin’s Signature Victory! Missing from Potsdam Red Star over the Kremlin Death is not the End Blubbery Henchman Ghostwriter The Losing Finalists Acknowledgments Bibliography Index