[Colonel Kangaroo]

His father, Vladimir, was a Menshevik turned Bolshevik with the usual blood on his hands during the Russian Civil War and aftermath. Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko was killed during Stalin's terror of the late thirties.

Vladimir, the father

Anton, the son

[Brad from Tennessee]

The history of that period is fascinating and instructive. Thanks for the pictures and facts.

[Fiji Hill]

Stalin owed his job to Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko, who led the attack on the Winter Palace in 1917 that put the Bolsheviks in power.