first world war and revolution

 

Despite his anarchist political inclinations, Gan served in World War I, where he suffered a severe concussion. After the October Revolution he began working with an organization called Moscow Federation of Anarchist Groups. However, as anarchists started losing leverage in communist Russia, Gan drifted towards Bolshevism. Later, in 1918, all Soviet anarchist organizations were crushed by the Bolsheviks and banned until the end of the 1980’s. Gan’s anarchist links became a liability, and eventually may have cost him his life.

In Alexander Rodchenko’s studio
Esfir Shub smoking a cigarette, looking into camera

Esfir Shub.

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