- The celebrations of the liberation of Sevastopol by the Volunteer Army from the Bolsheviks on the 28th July 1919
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The celebrations of the liberation of Sevastopol by the Volunteer Army from the Bolsheviks on the 28th July 1919
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
Russia (made)
- Date:
after 28/07/1919-before 1921 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Colour lithograph
- Credit Line:
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko.
- Museum number:
E.140-2004
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3G, shelf DR3
This poster depicts a series of photographs that commemorate the liberation of the Russian cities of Sevastopol and Tzaritsino and the Kursk region by the Volunteer Army from the Bolsheviks. The events took place in 1919 during the Russian Civil War that started immediately after the October Revolution. It ended in 1921 with the victory of the Bolsheviks. The counter-revolutionary forces were known as the Whites in order to underscore their opposition to the Bolsheviks - the Reds. Both enemies were equal in unprecendented brutality and left countless dead.
