Marking the End of an Era
In this drawing, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev (b. 1931) leads a funeral procession for communism as its hallowed trinity of Karl Marx (1818–1883), Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), and Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) hovers in dismay. Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Edmund Valtman hails the fragmentation of the communist Soviet Union in his triumphant scene. Born in Estonia, Valtman experienced firsthand the economic and political repression imposed on his native land when it was under communist rule.
In this drawing, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev (b. 1931) leads a funeral procession for communism as its hallowed trinity of Karl Marx (1818–1883), Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), and Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) hovers in dismay. Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Edmund Valtman hails the fragmentation of the communist Soviet Union in his triumphant scene. Born in Estonia, Valtman experienced firsthand the economic and political repression imposed on his native land when it was under communist rule.