Moscow: Bolshoi Theatre and Karl Marx Monument.

“The Bolshoi Theatre was designed by architect Joseph Bové, and holds performances of ballet and opera. The theatre’s original name was the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, while the St. Petersburg Bolshoi Theatre (demolished in 1886), was called the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. The Moscow Bolshoi Theatre was opened in 1825.”

Top right: “Karl Heinrich Marx (1818–1883) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Marx’s work in economics laid the basis for the current understanding of labour and its relation to capital, and has influenced much of subsequent economic thought. He published numerous books during his lifetime, the most notable being The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867–1894).”