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Dangerous game of dictatorship
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Spatial Coverage | Soviet Union |
Description | Cartoon shows figures plunging from a chair perched on the point of a sword towering over the Kremlin walls. Reflects on the perils of occupying the seat of power in a Communist dictatorship, as evidenced by the announcement of the arrest of Lavrentii Beriia, one of the members of the Soviet governing triumvirate, in July 1953. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Daggers & swords--1950-1960. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Political purges--Soviet Union--1950-1960. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Totalitarianism--Soviet Union--1950-1960. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |