![lenin-stalin](https://www.historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-90764945-scaled.jpg)
Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin pose in this subsequently doctored photograph to give off the impression that the two leaders were friendly. (SSPL/Getty Images)
SSPL/Getty Images
Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin pose in this subsequently doctored photograph to give off the impression that the two leaders were friendly. (SSPL/Getty Images)
SSPL/Getty Images