On the stamp, the hand is clearly a symbol of the Soviet people. And the angel of death, who is depicted as dying in the set of illustrations from 1917, is now dead—clearly, in light of the symbolic link to the czar, killed by the force of the revolution."
On the stamp, the hand signifies the Soviet people. The angel of death in the 1917 illustrations is now deceased—clearly, its symbolic association with the czar was terminated by the revolutionary forces."