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BUBNOV, ANDREI

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BUBNOV, ANDREI
<b>932. ANDREI BUBNOV</b> (1884 - 1940) Russian revolutionary, appointed as Head of Political Control of the Red Army, elected to the Central Committee and appointed People's Commissar for Education. Executed on Stalin's orders. Rare A.D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Moscow, Apr. 26, 1930 in code. Bubnov sends a secret telegram to the head of the Hermitage Museum ordering that a Rembrandt painting "<i>Jan Sobesski</i>" be given to a representative of a Russian antiquarian society. Trimmed at top, file holes at left, else very good.<b> $200-300</b>