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What did the rulers of the Soviet Union truly think about each other? Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution provides a window onto the soul of Bolshevism no other set of materials has ever offered. Sketching on notebook pages, official letterheads, and the margins of draft documents, prominent Soviet leaders in the 1920's and 1930's amused themselves and their colleagues with drawings of one another. Nearly 200 of these informal sketches, only recently uncovered in secret Soviet files are reproduced here. Funny, original, spontaneous, sometimes vicious or grotesque, the drawings and their accompanying notes reveal the relationships and mindsets of the Bolshevik bosses at the time of Stalin's rise to power with blazing immediacy. The album's editors select characteristic drawings by such prominent leaders as Nikolai Bukharin, who depicts himself as "piggy foxy," Valery Mezhlauk, and Stalin himself, whose trademark blue pencil appears on several of the drawings. A number of sketches of unknown authorship are also included. The editors identify the political issues, events, and discussions that inspired the drawings, and they provide biographical information about the people who drew and were drawn. The book opens a rare window on Stalin's inner circle, allowing us access to the powerful men who, despite living in a humorless epoch, developed a special humor of their own.

Politicians --- Statesmen --- Vsesoi︠u︡znai︠a︡ kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (bolʹshevikov) (1925-1952) --- Vsesoi︠u︡znai︠a︡ kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (bolʹshevikov) --- Всесоюзная коммунистическая партия (большевиков) (1925-1952) --- ВКП(б) --- VKP(b) --- VKPB --- Sakavširo komunisturi partia (bolševikebis) --- All-Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union --- All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) --- Ssoryŏn Kongsandang (Bolsewikʻŭ) --- Ssoryŏn Kongsandang (Polsewikʻŭ) --- Communist Party of the Soviet Union --- C.P.S.U. --- CPSU --- AUCP(b) --- Zen Sovēto Renpō Kyōsantō --- Sorenpō Kyōsantō --- Lien kung (pu) --- Alfarbandishe ḳomunisṭishe parṭey (bolsheṿiḳes) (1925-1952) --- Al. Ḳ.P. (b.) --- Saveto Renpō Kyōsantō --- אלפארבאנדישע קאמוניסטישע פארטיי (באלשעוויקעס) (1952-1925) --- אלפארבאנדישער קאמוניסטישער פארטיי (באלשעוויקעס) (1952-1925) --- Rossiĭskai︠a︡ kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (bolʹshevikov) --- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za --- Soviet Union --- Советский Союз --- Ber. ha-M. --- Zwia̦zek Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich --- Szovjetunió --- TSRS --- Tarybų Socialistinių Respublikų Sąjunga --- SRSR --- Soi︠u︡z Radi︠a︡nsʹkykh Sot︠s︡ialistychnykh Respublik --- SSSR --- Soi︠u︡z Sovetskikh Sot︠s︡ialisticheskikh Respublik --- UdSSR --- Shūravī --- Ittiḥād-i Jamāhīr-i Ishtirākīyah-i Shūrāʼīyah --- Russia (1923- U.S.S.R.) --- Sovetskiy Soyuz --- Soyuz SSR --- Sovetskiĭ Soi︠u︡z --- Soi︠u︡z SSR --- Uni Sovjet --- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics --- USSR --- SSṚM --- Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Ṛespublikaneri Miutʻyun --- SSHM --- Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Hanrapetutʻyunneri Miutʻyun --- URSS --- Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas --- Berit ha-Moʻatsot --- Rusyah --- Ittiḥād al-Sūfiyītī --- Rusiyah --- Rusland --- Soṿet-Rusland --- Uni Soviet --- Union soviétique --- Zȯvlȯlt Kholboot Uls --- Związek Radziecki --- ESSD --- Sahaphāp Sōwīat --- KhSHM --- SSR Kavširi --- Russland --- SNTL --- PSRS --- Su-lien --- Sobhieṭ Ẏuniẏana --- FSSR --- Unione Sovietica --- Ittiḥād-i Shūravī --- Soviyat Yūniyan --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Politics and government --- Związek Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich --- ZSRR --- Związek Socjalistycznych Republik Sowieckich --- ZSRS --- Vsesoi͡uznai͡a kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a (bolʹshevikov) --- Vsesoiuznaia kommunisticheskaia partiia (bolshevikov)