Vladimir Illyich Lenin and Yakov Sverdlov, visiting a temporary monument to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1918.
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich ( 1870–1924 ) a Russian revolutionary, the founder of Bolshevism and the major force behind the Revolution of October 1917.
Yakov Sverdlov was the son of a Jewish engraver, supporter of the Bolshevik faction led by Vladimir Lenin.