The Opening of the Monuments to IS Nikitin AV Koltsov and Robespierre in Moscow

City of Moscow, November 3, 1918. Opening of the monument to the poet I.S. Nikitin (sculptor A.N. Blazhievich) on Teatralnaya Square near the Kitaygorodskaya wall. Chairman of the Moscow City Council LB Kamenev speaks at the rally. Laying wreaths at the monument. Opening of the monument to M. Robespierre (sculptor B.Yu.Sandomirskaya) at the grotto "Ruins" in the Alexander Garden. A French officer, communist Jacques Sadoul speaks at the rally; A.M. Kollontai, People's Commissar of State Charity, translates his speech. The protesters are holding a banner with the inscription: “Long live the Austro-Hungarian revolution! Long live Adler! ”,“ Internationale ”. Laying wreaths at the monument. There are many Red Army soldiers among those present at the rally. The opening of the monument to the poet A.V. Koltsov (sculptor S.V. Syreishchikov) on Teatralnaya Square. A meeting near the monument.

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