Joseph Stalin famously had an image of himself with three other Communist officials in Moscow edited to remove his former ally Nikolai Yezhov (above right).
A detailed account and analysis of the Teikovo cotton workers' strike of April 1932, examining class, gender identity politics in Stalin's Russia.
Not only did many of Joseph Stalin’s political rivals lose their lives – all traces of their existence were wiped off the face of the planet, including any photos of them.