Stalin and Lenin at Gorki, just outside Moscow, September 1922. Photograph by Maria Ulyanova, Lenin’s sister. Stalin had images of his visit published to show Lenin’s supposed recovery—and his own proximity to the Bolshevik leader.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Maria_Ilyinichna_Ulyanova" class="extiw" title="w:en:Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova"><span title="Soviet politician (1878–1937)">Maria Ulyanova</span></a>
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1922-09
<ul><li>Originally: RGASPI. F.393. OP.1. DOC.325.</li>
<li>Digital: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lenin.rusarchives.ru/dokumenty/vi-lenin-i-iv-stalin-v-gorkah">В.И. Ленин и И.В. Сталин в Горках.</a></li></ul>