Repression Collection

Tsarist police and security forces raid homes of political dissidents in St Petersburg
5307032 Tsarist police and security forces raid homes of political dissidents in St Petersburg; (add.info.: Tsarist police and security forces raid homes of political dissidents in St Petersburg)

PIUS VI, Auctorem fide (engraving)
CUL4865840 PIUS VI, Auctorem fide (engraving) by Unknown artist, (18th century); (add.info.: PIUS VI (1717-1799). Pope number 250 (1775-1799)

Alexandrevsky Central Prison Siberia, used to house Russian political prisoners
5307379 Alexandrevsky Central Prison Siberia, used to house Russian political prisoners.; (add.info.: Alexandrevsky Central Prison Siberia, used to house Russian political prisoners)

FERRER I GUARDIA, Francesco (1854-1909). English anarchist and teacher. Record police (photo)
CUL4934160 FERRER I GUARDIA, Francesco (1854-1909). English anarchist and teacher. Record police (photo); (add.info.: Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional); AIC.

Vigilance is our weapon. Be vigilant! (Poster), 1953. Artist: Shirokograd, B
Vigilance is our weapon. Be vigilant! (Poster), 1953. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow.

Be observant when standing sentinel! (Poster), 1953. Artist: Golub, Pyotr Semyonovich (1913-1953)
Be observant when standing sentinel! (Poster), 1953. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow.

Les émigrants, 1857. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les emigrants, 1857. The emigrants. France. After the workers revolution of June 1848, the government of King Louis Philippe reacted with strong repression, issuing death sentences

Richard Vitoldovich Pickel (1896-1936), Early 1930s. Creator: Anonymous
Richard Vitoldovich Pickel (1896-1936), Early 1930s. Private Collection

Hanging of anarchists in Russia, 1878 (print)
3785682 Hanging of anarchists in Russia, 1878 (print); (add.info.: Hanging of anarchists in Russia. Government repression of the Nihilist movement followed unrest after end of Russo- Turkish War in)

Police surprising meeting of Russian anarchists, 1878 (print)
3785192 Police surprising meeting of Russian anarchists, 1878 (print); (add.info.: Police surprising meeting of Russian anarchists)

Destroy the enemy of the people Trotsky!, 1937. Artist: Deni (Denisov), Viktor Nikolaevich (1893-1946)
Destroy the enemy of the people Trotsky!, 1937. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Ivan IV and Malyuta Skuratov, 1870. Artist: Grigori Sedov
Ivan IV and Malyuta Skuratov, 1870. Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1530-1584) was Tsar of Russia from 1547 until his death. Malyuta Skuratov was one of the leaders of the political police

Chile, Santiago, Cementerio General cemetery, monument to the victims of the Pinochet dictatorship

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La ciudad sitiada (The besieged city), novel by Jesus Evaristo Casariego (1939)

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Franquist policial record with republican people. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Russian soldiers shooting demonstrators in the Presnya district of Moscow during the 1905 Revolution (colour litho)
5231883 Russian soldiers shooting demonstrators in the Presnya district of Moscow during the 1905 Revolution (colour litho) by Vladimirov

Alexander Ramsey, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Alexander Ramsey, between 1855 and 1865. [Politician, first Governor of Minnesota Territory. Involved in the persecution of Native Americans

Alexander Ramsey of Pennsylvania, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Alexander Ramsey of Pennsylvania, 1865-1880. Ramsey, Hon. Alexander of PA, Senator from Minnesota, Gov. of Minnesota 1860-1863, between 1865 and 1880

Prussian cavalry attacking crowds of demonstrators near the Royal Palace, Berlin, March 1848 (engraving)
5208100 Prussian cavalry attacking crowds of demonstrators near the Royal Palace, Berlin, March 1848 (engraving) by French School

Shooting of workers at the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia, 9 January 1905 (litho)
5231606 Shooting of workers at the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia, 9 January 1905 (litho) by Vladimirov, Ivan Alexeyevich (1869-1947) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Japanese troops putting down riots in Seoul, Korea (colour litho)
2779318 Japanese troops putting down riots in Seoul, Korea (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Japanese troops putting down riots in Seoul, Korea)

Troubles in Sicily (colour litho)
2818471 Troubles in Sicily (colour litho) by Lix, Frederic Theodore (1830-97) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Troubles in Sicily)

Riots in Belgium (colour litho)
2818390 Riots in Belgium (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Riots in Belgium. Soldiers firing on a crowd in Mons during the 1893 Belgian General Strike)

Growing babies from cabbages (chromolitho)
667093 Growing babies from cabbages (chromolitho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Growing babies from cabbages.); © Look and Learn

Three policemen bring a man beaten black and blue into the police station, from Crimes and Punishments
BAL366895 Three policemen bring a man beaten black and blue into the police station, from Crimes and Punishments, special edition of L Assiette au Beurre, 1st March 1902 (colour litho) by Vallotton

The shooting of Fourmies, illustration from Le Pere Peinard, 2nd May 1897 (litho) (b / w photo)
CHT287244 The shooting of Fourmies, illustration from Le Pere Peinard, 2nd May 1897 (litho) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque de L Arsenal, Paris

A police brigade charges a group of demonstrators, from Crimes and Punishments
BAL366888 A police brigade charges a group of demonstrators, from Crimes and Punishments, special edition of L Assiette au Beurre, 1st March 1902 (colour litho) by Vallotton

The GPU strikes the counter-revolutionary saboteur on the head (colour litho)
BAL397733 The GPU strikes the counter-revolutionary saboteur on the head (colour litho) by Deni, Viktor Nikolaevich (1893-1946); State Borodino War and History Museum

The Arrest of Louise Michel (1830-1905) 1883 (oil on canvas)
XIR21194 The Arrest of Louise Michel (1830-1905) 1883 (oil on canvas) by Girardet, Jules (1856-1938); Musee d Art et d Histoire, Saint-Denis, France; (add.info.: being led to the Satory camp; )

In All His Glory, June 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
In All His Glory, June 1894

Under the Boot, 1915. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Under the Boot, 1915

Woman agent of the Cheka, the Soviet secret police established after the Russian Revolution (colour litho)
6033550 Woman agent of the Cheka, the Soviet secret police established after the Russian Revolution (colour litho) by Zvorykin

The Social Science Congress at Glasgow (engraving)
1053156 The Social Science Congress at Glasgow (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Social Science Congress at Glasgow)

Keeping It Down. Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) Germany Chancellor
527320 Keeping It Down. Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) Germany Chancellor, trying to force the Jack of Socialism back in his box

Headline declaring the end of Prohibition, 6th December, 1933 (litho)
PNP252056 Headline declaring the end of Prohibition, 6th December, 1933 (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Crowd Composition (oil on paper)
SRM110490 Crowd Composition (oil on paper) by Filonov, Pavel Nikolaevich (1883-1941); State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; eState Russian Museum; Russian, out of copyright

Advert probably published in the newspaper Le Cri du Peuple
CHT280117 Advert probably published in the newspaper Le Cri du Peuple confiscated by the police, 1886 (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet

Arrest of the leaders of the strike by Russian postal and telegraph workers in St Petersburg (colour litho)
2796008 Arrest of the leaders of the strike by Russian postal and telegraph workers in St Petersburg (colour litho) by French School

The revolutionary strikes in St Petersbirg: police repression (litho)
3637819 The revolutionary strikes in St Petersbirg: police repression (litho) by Thiriat, Paul (19th-20th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The revolutionary strikes in St Petersbirg)

A US Federal Agent closing a saloon during the American Prohibition (1920-33) (b / w photo)
PNP252071 A US Federal Agent closing a saloon during the American Prohibition (1920-33) (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Agony of the Commune, last fights in the Cemetery of Pere Lachaise
CHT253252 Agony of the Commune, last fights in the Cemetery of Pere Lachaise, engraved by Louis Joseph Amedee Daudenarde (d.1907) illustration from Le Monde illustre

John Bull Bother d, or The Geese alarming the Capitol
NCO190470 John Bull Bother d, or The Geese alarming the Capitol, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1792 (hand-coloured etching & aquatint) by Gillray

Tom Paines Nightly Pest, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1792 (hand-coloured etching
NCO189753 Tom Paines Nightly Pest, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1792 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); 29.3x36.4 cm; Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

An Uprising in city hall square at Fourmies, illustration from Le Monde Illustre
CHT184383 An Uprising in city hall square at Fourmies, illustration from Le Monde Illustre, 9th May 1891 (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School

A protector (colour litho)
2818366 A protector (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A protector. Satire on the British governments relations with the Khedive of Egypt)

Russian police breaking up a revolutionary meeting (colour litho)
2779229 Russian police breaking up a revolutionary meeting (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Russian police breaking up a revolutionary meeting)

Detainee being led to a Soviet revolutionary tribunal (colour litho)
6033536 Detainee being led to a Soviet revolutionary tribunal (colour litho) by Zvorykin, Boris Vasilievich (1872-1942); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Unveiling the Flames of Resistance: A Chronicle of Repression" In the annals of history, moments have left indelible marks on societies worldwide. From self-immolation to brutal crackdowns, these haunting glimpses into humanity's darker side serve as reminders of the lengths people will go to fight against oppression. One such poignant image captures Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc setting himself ablaze at a Saigon intersection in 1963. His act was a powerful protest against President Ngo Dinh Diem's anti-Buddhist measures and his mistreatment of dissenters. Malcolm Browne's lens immortalized this sacrifice that shook the world. Traveling back further, we encounter an advertisement from 1943 Baltic Republic, where propaganda masked the true extent under authoritarian regimes. This snapshot reveals how governments manipulated public perception to maintain control over their citizens. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) witnessed its own share of repressive acts – from cities under siege to Franquist police forces suppressing opposition voices. These images capture the fear and anguish experienced by those trapped in a conflict torn apart by ideological differences. Art has long been a medium through which artists depict repression vividly. Deni's striking artwork "Destroy the enemy of the people Trotsky. " portrays Soviet Russia during Stalinist purges, exposing how dissenters were silenced ruthlessly. Turning our gaze towards Ivan IV and Malyuta Skuratov in 1870, Grigori Sedov's painting showcases historical figures known for their oppressive rule over Russia. Their actions epitomize tyranny and remind us that even rulers can become instruments of repression. Vladimir Makovsky's study for "Bloody Sunday" transports us to January 1905 when peaceful protestors demanding workers' rights were met with violence in St Petersburg streets. The artist captures both despair and resilience amidst state-sanctioned brutality.