Stalin in Bailov Prison, Baku, Azerbaijan, March 1910. [Colorized by me] (1547x931)

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image showing Stalin in Bailov Prison, Baku, Azerbaijan, March 1910. [Colorized by me] (1547x931)

PoloniumIcedTea on June 20th, 2021 at 14:07 UTC »

This is after the Tiflis bank robbery, which resulted in 40 deaths, mostly bystanders.

The Bolsheviks made off with 240,000 rubles. However, most of it was in sequential 500 ruble notes and everyone who tried to launder them got pinched.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907_Tiflis_bank_robbery

JayOnes on June 20th, 2021 at 14:17 UTC »

Young Stalin looks like he’d own a coffee shop in Portland today.

MyNameIs_Jordan on June 20th, 2021 at 14:30 UTC »

He's 31 in this photo, for those curious