The leadership of the Soviet Union, particularly under Stalin, was
subject to periodic purges that were reflected in a succession of
doctored photos of the assembled Commissars reviewing the May Day
parade. I am searching for some of those images on the Web.

Dear scholarandgentleman,


The following page has two pairs of Stalin-era photographs, each
consisting of an original and a retouched version from which someone
is missing. In the first pair, Abel Yenukidze is retouched out of
existence. In the second, it is Nikolai Yezhov who suffers this fate.

Hoover Institution: Inside Stalin's Darkroom
http://www.hooverdigest.org/982/conquest.html


Leon Trotsky has been expunged from two photos shown on this page.

Newseum: The Commissar Vanishes: Reinventing the Bolsheviks
http://www.newseum.org/berlinwall/commissar_vanishes/reinventing.htm


The preceding photographs are taken from the collection of David King,
who has written an book about the Soviets' political photo
alterations.

Amazon: The Commissar Vanishes by David King
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805052941/qid=1102361320/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-1985637-0237457?v=glance&s=books


Regards,

leapinglizard

Your links worked like a charm. The pix were different from what I was
seeking -- I recall specifically the commissars lined up on the
Kremlin Wall to watch the parade -- but are adequate for my intended
use.