Feast in a time of Plague. The May Day Celebrations of 1917-1918

For the celebrations of the First of May, 1917, all the buildings on the Palace Square, including the Winter Palace, were decorated for the first time with white drapes with red edgings and revolutionary slogans. Under the Bolsheviks, avant-garde artists assumed the right to develop art for the newl...

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Main Author: Natalia Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Södertörns University 2013-04-01
Series:Baltic Worlds
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Online Access:http://balticworlds.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pdf-murray.pdf