Friday, 2 October 2026

Lilya Brik and Elsa Triolet with their mother, Elena Kagan, in 1918

Lilya Brik and Elsa Triolet with their mother, Elena Kagan, in 1918

The last known family photograph, taken before Elsa left Russia with her mother in the summer of 1918.

In the photograph: Lev Grinkrug, Elsa, her friend Tamara Beglyarova, Elena Yulyevna Kagan and Lilya Brik

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