Russia, circa 1935

Russia, circa 1935: Official portraits of Josef Stalin in the Socialist Realism style never showed him in civilian clothes.

Russia, circa 1935: Official portraits of Josef Stalin in the Socialist Realism style never showed him in civilian clothes.

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