(3) Samariy Gurariy (Russian, 1916-1998), photographs of Marshals of the Soviet Union depicting Kliment Voroshilov, Semyon Budyonny, Semyon Timoshenko, Grigory Kulik and Boris Shaposhnikov, gelatin silver prints, date of printing unknown, one with Gurariy's backstamp, largest 17-1/4" x 22-3/4", good condition, corner crease on largest. All photographs in this collection were acquired from the estate of Gurariy. Samariy Gurariy was a Soviet photojournalist for the Moscow newspaper, Izvestia. He earned the trust of Joseph Stalin and covered many historic moments in Soviet history. After the Soviet collapse he emigrated to the US in 1995 smuggling many of his photographs with him. He is considered one of Russia’s most important historical photojournalists.

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