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This article contains a special study of a famous group photograph of nine graduates from the Sun Yat-sen Communist University of the Toilers of China (Moscow Sun Yat-sen University). Using documents and photos from the Russian State Archive of Sociopolitical History (RGASPI), memoirs and correspondence, press materials, and academic research in Russian, Chinese, and English, uncovered during years of research, the authors examine the identities of the people in the photo, trace their lives before and after their time at the University, and try to determine their relations and when the photo may have been taken. All the young people were eager to fight for the common goal of participating in the revolution in China, but after graduating from the University, their lives took different paths. The article is being published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.
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