This room is on the early 20th Century, and is hung with banners „1917“ and „2017“. The latest date I see on the political posters which ring the ceiling is 1921. The Revolution had triumphed, there was no New Economic Policy yet, and Lenin was still alive. Notice there is no blue in the posters, yet the display cases are hung with blue along with red and white.
The Russian Federation tricolor is in each corner of this room, where the contents are otherwise red. None of the labels are in a language other than Russian, so I can only skim the surface. Period photos of the Tsar and his family seem to show the aristocracy held in respect by the bourgeoisie. Posters of the Revolution show workers throwing off the oppression of capitalists (western?) but serfdom and the disaster of WW I don’t seem dealt with. I continue to wonder how modern Russians claim the Revolution as a part of their heritage.
