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      Photo source: Bildarchiv [File 68/62/7A]: Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, Germany. A small print of this photograph is part of a collection of Russian famine photos from the Volga region which was in the possession of Dr. O. Fischer. Each photo bears his signature, includes a caption, and is dated March 1922 on …

      Captioned as: "'Blue Beard': James Abbe en route in Russia; Moscow 1927." in Shooting Stalin : The 'Wonderful' Years of Photographer James Abbe (1883-1973); [Zur Ausstellung "Shooting Stalin - Die 'Wunderbaren' Jahre Des Fotografen James Abbe" Im Museum Ludwig, Köln, 2. Oktober 2004-9. Januar 2005] = Die "Wunderbaren" Jahre Des …

      The individuals seated on the front bench were sentenced to death for seeking vengeance against the authorities for the seizure of their property. They are surrounded by Soviet authorities in uniform. A group of people in civilian clothing are seen in the back rows. The photo appears to have been …

      This is #14 of 17 photographs depicting famine conditions in Ukraine that were mailed by the Ukrainian Red Cross with a separate numbered list in an official envelope date-stamped as arriving in Geneva on May 5, 1922. They are now housed among the documents of the "Union international de secours …

      Source: James Abbe Archive, No. 1147. A version with "Forbidden" stamped across the photograph was published in: Abbe, James. I Photograph Russia. New York: R. M. McBride, 1934, f.p.53. See: http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3684747/data

      Photo taken August, 1933. No record of publication found to date.

      Researchers in the 1980s have claimed that this photograph was originally in the possession of the Diözesanarchiv der Erzdiözese, Vienna. However, it is no longer in that archive. A photocopy of the original exists in the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre archives, Toronto, Canada. There is no inscription or …

      The photo depicts members of the Bokan family sharing a meager meal during the famine. The family posed for the photo to mark 300 days since they had consumed any bread. The table is covered with a decorative cloth, and the family is eating from an assortment of bowls apparently …

      A photo display board created by Nikolai Bokan in 1935. The board features brief descriptions of his three eldest sons, Nikolai Bokan (Jr.), Vladimir Bokan, and Konstantin Bokan, and their failure to adhere to the moral standards and religious beliefs of their father. The board displays portraits of Nikolai (Jr.) …

      A photo display board created by Nikolai Bokan in November 1936. The display board features portraits and brief descriptions about each of his seven children. Among the photographs is a portrait of Konstantin Bokan. Konstantin died of starvation in June 1933. In the few months prior to his death, he …

      A photo display board created by Nikolai Bokan in 1936. The display board features portraits of the nine Bokan family members, namely Nikolai Bokan, his wife Vasilina, and his children Nikolai (Jr.), Vladimir, Boris, Konstantin, Aleksandr, Lev-Leonid, and Anna. Six of the portraits are covered with labels (Nikolai (Jr.), Vladimir, …

      A photo display board created by Nikolai Bokan in 1936. The display board features photos of five of Bokan’s seven children and brief descriptions about their estrangement from their father. Also featured are photographs that capture the consequences of his children’s defiant actions against him, notably for his insistence that …

      A photo display board created by Nikolai Bokan in 1937. It features portraits of six of Bokan’s seven children, paired with photographs that capture the consequences of each child’s defiant actions against their father, notably for his insistence that they embrace Christianity (see transcription and translation section for details). Among …

      Members of the Bokan family gather near the gate to their home as Vladimir Bokan leaves for a separate residence. Vladimir was urged to leave and become self-sufficient by his father, Nikolai Bokan. Nikolai was struggling to feed his large family during the famine. Vladimir is pictured third from the …

      Nikolai Bokan and his son (likely Boris) are seen preparing buckets of water outside of their family home as a precautionary measure against threats from Bokan’s son Vladimir that he would set the house on fire. Vladimir was aggrieved that his father had forced him to leave the family home …

      The Bokan family marks one year of Boris Bokan’s imprisonment for opposing conscription into the Soviet Army. The Bokan family is seen seated at a table covered in a cloth, on which cups and saucers have been placed. Boris had embraced pacifist values, although unlike his father, his inspiration came …

      Boris Bokan (centre) is visited by his father, Nikolai Bokan (right), and brother Lev-Leonid (left) in prison, where he had spent over a year as punishment for opposing conscription into the Soviet Army. The trio are seen seated on the ground in a dirt enclosure surrounded by uncultivated plants. A …

      The photo features a window in the Bokan family house, broken by Vladimir Bokan. Vladimir was aggrieved that his father, Nikolai Bokan, had forced him to leave the family home to become self-sufficient. Nikolai was struggling to feed his family as a result of the famine. Vladimir was twenty-five years …

      The photo features Nikolai Bokan standing beside the broken gate to his property. The gate was vandalized by two collective farm workers who would not pay Bokan for his photography services and forcefully took their photos without payment. As they ripped the gate door off its hinges, it apparently hit …

      Boris Bokan returns home after his seventeen-month imprisonment for opposing conscription into the Soviet Army. Boris stands in front of the gate to the family property, carrying a sack over his shoulder, and a suitcase and bucket in his other hand. He is dressed in warm clothing and wears a …