RUSSIA-HISTORY-RALLY

Russian communist party supporter carries a picture of Josef Stalin (L) and Vladimir Lenin (R) during a rally in Moscow on November 7, 2010, marking the 92th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin’s overthrow of the Tsarist empire. Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has stopped holding lavish celebrations to commemorate the seizure of Saint Petersburg’ Winter Palace by Bolshevik forces on October 25, 1917, which under the present-day calendar corresponds to November 7. AFP PHOTO / ANDREY SMIRNOV