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      This photo, taken August, 1933, was used to illustrate “My Journey Through Famine-Stricken Russia,” (February 24, 1934, p.17), the first of two articles by Whiting Williams that ran in a London weekly titled Answers. The original photograph and the published version are both shown. See Special Features menu to link …

      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 and Nikolai Bokan pose on two chairs in front of a backdrop that features a lighthouse. Nikolai holds Leo Tolstoy’s "A Cycle of Readings." He claimed this book had served as a foundation for his religious and philosophical beliefs. Nikolai Bokan was an adherent of the Tolstoyan movement that …

      Nikolai Bokan and his two sons are pictured seated at a desk, preparing a memorandum. The purpose of the memorandum is unclear, although the date of the photo falls within the week prior to Konstantin Bokan’s death of starvation in June 1933. In the few months prior to his death, …

      A son of Nikolai Bokan is pictured sitting in a field in June 1933. Bokan writes that this was the spot where Konstantin Bokan had died of starvation only a few hours earlier. In the few months prior to his death, he had been working on a collective farm where …

      The body of Konstantin Bokan lies in a straw-filled coffin filled with his head leaning on a pillow. Konstantin died of starvation in June 1933. In the few months prior to his death, he had been working on a collective farm where he was overworked and poorly fed. He had …

      The photo depicts the funeral of Konstantin Bokan. Members of the Bokan family, and possibly other mourners, stand behind the horse-drawn cart carrying Konstantin’s body and coffin. It is unclear whether this photo was captured at the graveyard or en route there. Nikolai Bokan appears to be pictured on the …

      Nikolai Bokan and three of his sons – Boris, Lev-Leonid, and Aleksandr – commemorate the death of their son and brother, Konstantin, who died of starvation. The group is seen solemnly seated at a table. Featured at the centre of the table is a display board that documents Konstantin’s death. …

      The photo features Nikolai Bokan standing next to the grave of his son, Konstantin, who died of starvation. In the few months prior to his death, he had been working on a collective farm where he was overworked and poorly fed. He had left the family home earlier in the …

      The photo features the grave of Konstantin Bokan, who died of starvation in June 1933. The top of the grave marker displays a photo of Konstantin, his name, the date of his death, and an inscription. The layout of the text on the inscription and the angle of the hanging …

      Photo source: Wienerberger, Alexander. Hart auf hart. 15 Jahre Ingenieur in Sowjetrussland. Ein Tatsachenbericht; mit 52 Original-Leicaaufnahmen des Verfassers. Salzburg, Leipzig: Pustet, 1939. f.p.65. For further details and a listing of originals and versions published through 1939 with their captions, see Related Features at right.

      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 …

      Photo source: Wienerberger, Alexander. Das Arbeiterparadies. U.d.S.S.R. (also known as the Red Album). Unpublished and undated album in the private collection of Samara Pearce. p.19b. For further details and a listing of originals and versions published through 1939 with their captions, see Related Features at right.