The stage-set for Rasputin written by Alexej Tolstoi and cited by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht, with the stage designed by Erwin Piscator, in 1927

The stage-set for Rasputin written by Alexej Tolstoi and cited by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), with the stage designed by Erwin Piscator that included a recording of Lenin's voice, in 1927

Photo by Russian photojournalist and artist Sasha Stone