This unique photo captures the top architects of the russian revolution of 1917 in a light mood. In the middle is lenin,with his characteristic cap.he was to die in 1924,with the communist party firmly entrenched in power. On the left is leon trotsky,a great general and marxist intellectual.he was the very epitome of the 20th century concept of the revolutionary intellectual-in the mould of lenin or malraux.after lenin's death,he lost his enormous power in the party to stalin,who first exiled and then killed him.To the right is lev kamenev,who first sided with stalin against trotsky,and then was executed by stalin in the purge of 1935. It is clear that the only thing keeping the smiles going is lenin's towering personality.