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title: 'Krokodil No. 48 (158), December 1925: 1905, A Step to October (cover, Radakov)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/krokodil-step-to-october-1905-radakov-1925/
description: 'Magazine cover: a giant worker in cap and open shirt, a broken chain hanging from one wrist, stands before a burning city while a crowd of small figures…'
section: Collection
---

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# Krokodil No. 48 (158), December 1925: 1905, A Step to October (cover, Radakov)

Magazine cover: a giant worker in cap and open shirt, a broken chain hanging from one wrist, stands before a burning city while a crowd of small figures in a mitre, a cross-bearing priest, officers and a top-hatted man drag the other end of the chain. The oppressors are marked by church and uniform emblems rather than by name; borrowing stigma from those symbols is the transfer tell. The title reads 'Step to October'.

## Text on the object

Original (Russian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ГОД ИЗДАНИЯ ЧЕТВЕРТЫЙ.
Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!
МОСКВА. ДЕКАБРЬ 1925 г.
№ 48 (158)
Цена 12 коп.
КРОКОДИЛ
1905
Рис. А. Радакова.
ШАГ К ОКТЯБРЮ.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
FOURTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION.
Proletarians of all countries, unite!
MOSCOW. DECEMBER 1925
No. 48 (158)
Price 12 kop.
CROCODILE
1905
Drawing by A. Radakov.
A STEP TO OCTOBER.
```

Literal translation by Claude (machine translation, not fluent-reader verified). Handwritten numeral at top is a library annotation and is not transcribed.

[← Krokodil No. 41 (151), October 1925: Germany Is Hiring Herself Out (cover, Radakov)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/krokodil-germany-hires-out-radakov-1925/) [Nanyang Brothers Tobacco advertisement: "Chinese people love Chinese goods" (Chinese Mail, Hong Kong, 1925) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nanyang-brothers-tobacco-chinese-love-chinese-goods-1925/)

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- [Bronze sestertius of Gaius (Caligula), reverse S P Q R P P OB CIVES SERVATOS in an oak wreath](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sestertius-caligula-ob-cives-servatos-0037/) (Roman Empire · 0037 · Testimonial, Transfer)
- [Gold coin of Kanishka: King of Kings legend, king at the altar, deity Oesho](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gold-dinar-kanishka-king-of-kings-0130/) (Kushan Empire · 0130 · Transfer)
- [Gold solidus of Justinian I, reverse VICTORIA AVGGG with Victory holding a Christogram staff](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/solidus-justinian-i-victoria-avggg-0538/) (Byzantine Empire · 0538 · Transfer, Glittering generalities)
- [Bayeux Tapestry, scene 23: UBI HAROLD SACRAMENTVM FECIT VVILLELMO DVCI](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bayeux-tapestry-harold-oath-to-william-1070/) (Kingdom of England · 1070 · Transfer, Card stacking)
- [Mughal gold coin of Jahangir, dated 1028 AH, with a bull inside a ring of sun rays](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jahangir-gold-zodiac-coin-sun-rays-1619/) (Mughal Empire · 1619 · Transfer)
- [Frontispiece to Eikon Basilike, The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings (Hollar, 1649)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eikon-basilike-frontispiece-hollar-1649/) (Dutch Republic · 1649 · Transfer, Glittering generalities)
- [Consult of the doctors on the grave illness of the Grand Sultan (Consult vande medicijnen inde swaere siekte vanden grooten Sultaen)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/consult-of-the-doctors-sick-sultan-antwerp-1683/) (Spanish Netherlands · 1683 · Transfer, Bandwagon)
- [The Highlanders Medley, or The Duke Triumphant (A Loyal Song)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/highlanders-medley-duke-triumphant-1746/) (Great Britain · 1746 · Name-calling, Transfer)