The Russian crown
Subject(s): Blood, Crowns, Revolutions, Russia (Federation), Skull
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A crown in the shape of a human skull appears against a background of blood dripping into the title area at the bottom.
Comments and Context
Cartoonist Carl Hassmann, in his apocalyptic mode, again chose the dissolution of the corrupt and doomed Romanov dynasty, as it seemed in 1905. Czar Nicholas was indeed beset by intractable problems — crises inside his family and court, inside and outside his country, his military, his subjects, his economy, his once-servile satellite states, his standing in the world. Yet it would be a dozen years before his reign crashed around him in the 1917 Socialist, then Bolshevik, revolutions. The bloody 1905 revolution was merely a precursor.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905-12-27
Creator(s)
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
The Russian crown. [December 27, 1905]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o278473. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Hassmann, Carl, 1869-1933. The Russian crown. [27 Dec. 1905]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o278473.
APA:
Hassmann, Carl, 1869-1933., [1905, December 27]. The Russian crown.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o278473.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
