Lenin 1870-1970 Poster Number: PP 482 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: This poster is oversized. Media Size: 79x31 Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: 1968 Editorial Information: Editor O. Ivashchenko. Technical Information on Poster: September 12, 1968. Publication No. 1-765. Volume 2 sheets of paper. Order No. 1034. Price 20 kopeks. Print Run: 200,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A08688 Catalog Notes: PP 482 Lenin (oversized)
Artist: Ivanov, Viktor Semenovich — Иванов, Виктор Семёнович
Viktor Semenovich Ivanov attended Moscow Secondary Professional Art School from 1926 to 1929. In 1928, he took classes at a studio of Dmitrii Kardovskii the Russian artist, illustrator and stage designer, and from 1929 to 1933, Ivanov continued his education at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture that was affiliated with the Russian Academy of Arts of Leningrad. In 1931, Viktor Ivanov began designing for the state publishing house Ogiz-Izogiz where he achieved acclaim as a prolific artist whose concentration ...
Printer: Kalinin City Poligrafkombinat of Glavpoligrafprom — Калининский полиграфический комбинат Главполиграфпрома
The Kalinin Poligrafkombinat (printing plant) was located at 5 Lenin Avenue (formerly Voroshilov Street) in Kalinin (Tver) northwest of Moscow. Throughout its existence, the name of this printing plant changed depending on the various state-owned trusts that handled its management. During the mid-1950s into the 1970s, the plant was under the management of Glavpoligrafprom (Main Directorate of the Printing Industry).
Publisher: Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist), Moscow — Советский художник, Москва
Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist) was a publishing house that chiefly served the Artists’ Union of the USSR. The publishing house was founded in Moscow in 1946 and it turned out illustrated monographs on contemporary artists and collections. It also published art reproductions, postcards and art books, art catalogs, brochures and posters. During a reorganization of the publishing sector in the USSR in 1964, Soviet Artist merged with Izogiz, the fine arts section of Ogiz (Association of the St...
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Vladimir Il’ich Lenin Poster Number: PP 500 Category: Lenin Media Size: 39.5x28 Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset Publishing Date: 1951 Editorial Information: Editor B. Vorontsov. Technical Information on Poster: November 11, 1950, Publication No. 9241. Volume 1 sheet of paper. Order No. 544-D. Price 2 rubles. Print Run: 500,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A 09004. Catalog Notes: PP 500 Lenin
Artist: Berezovskii, Boris Feoktistovich — Березовский, Борис Феоктистович
Boris Berezovskii never received formal artistic education. From 1923 to 1924, he studied under the tutelage of Nikolai Grigoriev in Moscow. In 1949, he began to exhibit his works publicly. Throughout his artistic career, he produced designs for postage stamps as well as posters. The State Museum of Contemporary Russian History in Moscow holds a number of his posters in their collection.
Printer: Printing plant named for Dunaev, [Moscow] — Типография имени Дунаева, [Москва]
The Dunaev printing plant was located at 9 Bolshaia Polianka in Moscow. Headquartered inside the former Menert Brothers printing plant, during the 1920s, the firm was named in honor of the Bolshevik leader Evlampii Dunaev (1877-1919) who served as assistant chairman of the Soviet of Nizhny Novgorod. Dunaev was also a member of the provisioning committee and he served on the Nizhny Novgorod Council of Local Economy. During the Civil War, he reportedly died from typhus. ...
Publisher: Iskusstvo (Art Publishing House), Moscow-Leningrad — Искусство, Москва-Ленинград
Iskusstvo was the Art Publishing House (A.K.A. Visual Arts Publishing) that was created in 1936 from Ogiz-Izogiz (State Art and Literature Publishing House). It disseminated books and journals dealing with graphic design and the fine arts, and it issued numerous posters. Since the Iskusstvo banner was part of the State Printing Works in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Moscow, its two main offices were located in those two cities.
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Lenin-Leader Poster Number: PP 545 Category: Lenin Media Size: 42.5x31 Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: 1969 Editorial Information: Editor Z. Kondrat’eva. Technical Information on Poster: October 23, 1968. Publication No. 1-811. Volume 1 sheet of paper. Order No. 1190. Price 10 kopeks. 8-2-2/69 Print Run: 350,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A09249 Catalog Notes: PP 545 Lenin
Artist: Ivanov, Viktor Semenovich — Иванов, Виктор Семёнович
Viktor Semenovich Ivanov attended Moscow Secondary Professional Art School from 1926 to 1929. In 1928, he took classes at a studio of Dmitrii Kardovskii the Russian artist, illustrator and stage designer, and from 1929 to 1933, Ivanov continued his education at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture that was affiliated with the Russian Academy of Arts of Leningrad. In 1931, Viktor Ivanov began designing for the state publishing house Ogiz-Izogiz where he achieved acclaim as a prolific artist whose concentration ...
Printer: Kalinin City Poligrafkombinat — Полиграфкомбинат, Калинин
The Kalinin Poligrafkombinat (printing plant) was located at 5 Lenin Avenue (formerly Voroshilov Street) in the city of Kalinin (Tver) northwest of Moscow. Throughout its existence, the printer was allocated different names depending on the various state-owned trusts that handled its operations. For example, in the mid-1950s to early 1960s, the plant was a contract printer for Sovnarkhoz RSFSR (Regional Council of National Economy of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic). Sovnarkhoz was an economic ...
Publisher: Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist), Moscow — Советский художник, Москва
Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist) was a publishing house that chiefly served the Artists’ Union of the USSR. The publishing house was founded in Moscow in 1946 and it turned out illustrated monographs on contemporary artists and collections. It also published art reproductions, postcards and art books, art catalogs, brochures and posters. During a reorganization of the publishing sector in the USSR in 1964, Soviet Artist merged with Izogiz, the fine arts section of Ogiz (Association of the St...
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Selections from the works of Lenin in six volumes. Theory, when it reaches the masses, becomes a material force. Poster Number: PP 564 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: Poster advertises Lenin’s written works published in Ukrainian and was published shortly after Lenin's death in 1924. On the back of the poster there is a hand painted message, "If you don’t want to be poisoned by gasses, get gas masks for yourself and your family! February-March 1933". Media Size: 29x2.5 Poster Type: Lithograph Publishing Date: c.1924 Technical Information on Poster: Order No. 4050. [The printer Ukrknigotsentr" (Ukrainian Book Distributing Center) was an agency that collected libraries and books for the trade unions, factory reading rooms, collective farms, and district libraries. Their office was located at 11 Sergievskaia Square, Kharkov]. Print Run: 7,000 Glavlit Directory Number: 5926. Ukrgolovlit, city section of Glavlit in Kharkov, Ukraine Catalog Notes: PP 564 Lenin
Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник
The artist's name on the poster is not indicated. By assigning Artist Unknown to a poster it also could mean the artist used a chop mark whereby no signature is seen thus rendering the artist's identity anonymous.
Printer: UPP DVOU (Printing Industry Management/State Publishing Association of Ukraine) — УПП ГПОУ (Управление полиграф предприятиями/Государственное издательское объединение Украины)
The UPP (Printing Industry Management) managed the printers in cities around the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic carrying out jobs for the DVOU (State Publishing Association of Ukraine). In 1930, a resolution by the Ukrainian Central Committee created the DVOU making it the central administration for publications and literature distribution in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The DVOU replaced the DVU (State Publishing of Ukraine) that had been in existence since 1922.
Publisher: Proletar (Proletarian) Publishing House, Kharkov/Kiev — Издательство Пролетар, Харьков/Киев
Proletar (Proletarian) Publishing House was established in 1922 by the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The publisher was situated in Kharkov. It chiefly disseminated political literature and titles concerning economics, law and sociology. In addition, it served as the publishing arm of the Communist Party and in that role, it published a variety of titles by prominent Party members and international communist leaders, in addition to turning out a ...
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Long live the Socialist Revolution! Poster Number: PP 569 Category: Lenin Media Size: 40x31.5 Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: 1966 Editorial Information: Editor M. Dmitrieva Technical Information on Poster: [Approved] January 21, 1966; Publication No. 1–810; Volume 1 sheet of paper; Order 2991; Price 10 kopeks; 8-2-2/66 Print Run: 225,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A11250. Catalog Notes: PP 569 Lenin
Artist: Kalenskii, Vladimir Dionisievich — Каленский, Владимир Дионисиевич
Vladimir Dionisievich Kalenskii was known as a muralist and as a poster artist in the Soviet Union and in international art circles. In 1925, when his father was invited to work at the VSNKh (Supreme Economic Council of the USSR), the family moved to Moscow. In 1940, Kalenskii was called into active naval service and during World War II, he served with a submarine unit of the Northern Fleet. From 1945 to 1950, he attended the Moscow Higher School ...
Printer: 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop named for A. A. Zhdanov, Moscow — 1-я Образцовая типография им. А.А. Жданова
The 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop was named in honor of Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov (1896-1948), a Soviet military leader and a senior member of the Politburo who died in 1948. Reportedly, Andrei Zhdanov controlled the atomic espionage division of the USSR and he was Josef Stalin's closest confidant. Historically, the 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop began as the Sharapov-Sytin Partnerhip, a printing workshop formed before the Russian Revolution. Ivan Dmitrievich Sytin (1851-1934) was the son of a peasant. ...
Publisher: Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist), Moscow — Советский художник, Москва
Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist) was a publishing house that chiefly served the Artists’ Union of the USSR. The publishing house was founded in Moscow in 1946 and it turned out illustrated monographs on contemporary artists and collections. It also published art reproductions, postcards and art books, art catalogs, brochures and posters. During a reorganization of the publishing sector in the USSR in 1964, Soviet Artist merged with Izogiz, the fine arts section of Ogiz (Association of the St...
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An overwhelming majority of the population approve our peace policy Poster Number: PP 615 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: This poster is oversized. [At center of poster behind the image of Vladimir Lenin] "Decree on Peace, unanimously accepted at the meeting of the All-Russian Conference of Soviets of Workers, Soldiers and Peasants’ Deputies October 26, 1917." Media Size: 82x41.5 Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset Publishing Date: 1983 Editorial Information: Editor G. Grachev; Art Editor Iu. Bogomolov; Technical Editor T. Onosovskia Technical Information on Poster: Submitted for printing on April 15, 1983; Format 70 x 100; Conventional printing 3.9. sheets; Publication No. 2-0481731; Order No. 9225; Offset printing Offset paper; Price 30 kopeks; G 5101010000-322 KB 22-1-83/088(02)-83. Print Run: 30,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A-83345 Catalog Notes: PP 615 Lenin (oversized)
Artist: Nepomniashchii, Leonid Mikhailovich — Непомнящий, Леонид Михайлович
Printer: Typography of Zoria Publishing House, Dnepropetrovsk — Типография издательства Зоря, Днепропетровск
Zoria (Star) Typography was located in Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipro), a city on the Dnieper River in central Ukraine. The publisher-printer had two addresses in the city. One address was located at 7 Zhurnalistov Street and another was at 24 Osenniaia Street. Zoria was an illustrated journal of literature and culture and it ran from January 1925 to October 1934. Beginning in 1927, Zoria served as the organ of the Dnipropetrovsk VUSPP (All-Ukrainian Association of Proletarian Writers).
Publisher: Plakat (All-Union Poster), Moscow — Плакат
Plakat (All-Union Poster) was created in 1974 in Moscow through the work of the Union of Artists and the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The chief of its poster department was Dmitry Akimovich Isaev. Plakat publishers existed until 1991 whereupon it was renamed Panorama publishers.
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Under the banner of October! Toward communism! Poster Number: PP 648 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: Poster is framed. Media Size: 40.5x29 Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: c.1957 Technical Information on Poster: No. 1. Print Run: 7,000 Catalog Notes: PP 648 Lenin (framed)
Artist: Ivanov, D. — Иванов, Д.
Printer: 1st State Typography named for Georgi Dimitrov, Sofia, [Bulgaria] — 1-я Государственная типография имени Георгия Димитрова, София, [Болгария]
The 1st State Typography in Sofia was named in honor of Georgi Dimitrov (1882-1949), the first communist leader of Bulgaria. From 1934 to 1943, Dimitrov served as secretary-general of the Comintern (Communist International) and he led its European section. Originally a printer and union leader, Dimitrov was a Bulgarian socialist who helped establish the Bulgarian Communist Party. Dimitrov died in the Soviet Union.
Publisher: Nauka i Izkustvo (Science and Art State Publishing House), Bulgaria — Наука и искусство, Болгария
Located in Sofia, Bulgaria, the origin of Nauka i Izkustvo (Science and Art State Publishing House) dates to at least the early 1950s. The publisher disseminated a variety of content over the years including topics on history, sociological science, natural science, motion pictures, music and theater. While its productivity was chiefly literature, occasionally the publisher emitted posters and ephemera.
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Lenin. Poster Number: PP 692 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: This poster had a black border (here it is trimmed) and was used as a commemorative following the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924. Media Size: 18x14 Poster Type: Lithograph Publishing Date: 1927 Technical Information on Poster: No. 287 2682; Price 5 kopeks Print Run: 2,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A-6945 Catalog Notes: PP 692 Lenin
Artist: Illegible Name — Неразборчивое Имя
Printer: Typolithography of Geokartprom of the V.T.U. (Military Topographic Directorate of the Soviet Army), Moscow — Типо-Литография Геокартпрома В.Т.У. (Военно-топографическое управление), Москва
In 1918, the Soviets nationalized the Moscow printing works of brothers Wilhelm Theodor Mehnert and Herman Julius Mehnert at 9 Bol'shaia Polianka (later named Soviet Street). The building housing the printer was first occupied by the Julius Kirsten printing firm. Upon its nationalization, the Soviets placed Mehnert printing under Geokartprom, a State-owed trust of the Commissariat of Defense that centralized government-mapping projects. Geokartprom printed atlases and maps solely for military and government use. While it did map ...
Publisher: A.Kh.R. (Association of Artists of the Revolution) — А.Х.Р (Ассоциация Художников Революции)
The Association of Artists of the Revolution was an artist cooperative from 1928 to 1932. From 1922-1928 it was called the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. During the 1920s, the Association rose to prominence in the Soviet art world. It opened branches throughout the USSR, and it operated its own publishing house in Moscow at 25 Tsvetnoi Boulevard. The Association was abolished in 1932 when the government centralized a majority of independent arts organizations in the USSR.
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New Successes, Comrades! Poster Number: PP 693 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: This poster is oversized. Media Size: 49x37 Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: 1970 Editorial Information: Editor S. Kochanov Technical Information on Poster: [Approved] July 23, 1969; Publication No. 11-1034; Order No. 696; Volume 1 sheet of paper; Price 10 kopeks; 8-2-2 [illegible] Print Run: 220,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A08556 Catalog Notes: PP 693 Lenin (oversized)
Artist: Toidze, Iraklii Moiseevich — Тоидзе, Ираклий Моисеевич
Printer: Kalinin City Poligrafkombinat — Полиграфкомбинат, Калинин
The Kalinin Poligrafkombinat (printing plant) was located at 5 Lenin Avenue (formerly Voroshilov Street) in the city of Kalinin (Tver) northwest of Moscow. Throughout its existence, the printer was allocated different names depending on the various state-owned trusts that handled its operations. For example, in the mid-1950s to early 1960s, the plant was a contract printer for Sovnarkhoz RSFSR (Regional Council of National Economy of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic). Sovnarkhoz was an economic ...
Publisher: Izobrazitel’noe Iskusstvo (Fine Art Publishers) — Изобразительное Искусство
Founded in 1963, Izobrazitel'noe Iskusstvo (Fine Art Publishers), was dedicated to producing monographs, books, textbooks and study guides on the visual arts. It also published postcards and posters. Prior to the publisher's organization, Izogiz (State Publishing House of Fine Art) produced the lion's share of fine arts material for publication in the USSR and abroad.
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The Communist Party is checking its every step according to Marx, Engels and Lenin Poster Number: PP 732 Category: Lenin Media Size: 79x44 Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: 1985 Editorial Information: Editor S. Kochanov; Technical Editor E. Kochetova Technical Information on Poster: Approved for printing May 11, 1985; Format 70 x 108, 3 printing sheets; 4.2 conventional printing sheets; 25.2 conventional print run; Order No. 1771; Publication No. 01011295; Price 50 kopeks; C5101010000-942/088(02)-85 KB-1 -1 -5 Print Run: 30,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A 12129 Catalog Notes: PP 732 Lenin (oversized)
Artist: Sachkov, Vladimir Vasil'evich — Сачков, Владимир Васильевич
Printer: Kommunar Publishing House Typography Workshop, Tula — Типография Коммунар, Тула
Kommunar Publishing was located in the city of Tula at 150 Friedrich Engels Street. The publishing house issued the newspaper “Kommunar”.
Publisher: Plakat (All-Union Poster), Moscow — Плакат
Plakat (All-Union Poster) was created in 1974 in Moscow through the work of the Union of Artists and the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The chief of its poster department was Dmitry Akimovich Isaev. Plakat publishers existed until 1991 whereupon it was renamed Panorama publishers.
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The Party is the Leader of October! Poster Number: PP 735 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: [Seen on the flag] To power of the soviets! Media Size: 42x31 Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: 1967 Editorial Information: Editor G. Shchetkin Technical Information on Poster: February 20, 1967; Publication No. 1-162; Volume 1 sheet of paper; Order No. 850; Price 10 kopeks; 8-2-2/67 Print Run: 450,000 Glavlit Directory Number: 1027779 Catalog Notes: PP 735 Lenin
Artist: Golovanov, Leonid Fedorovich — Голованов, Леонид Федорович
Printer: Kalinin City Poligrafkombinat of Glavpoligrafprom — Калининский полиграфический комбинат Главполиграфпрома
The Kalinin Poligrafkombinat (printing plant) was located at 5 Lenin Avenue (formerly Voroshilov Street) in Kalinin (Tver) northwest of Moscow. Throughout its existence, the name of this printing plant changed depending on the various state-owned trusts that handled its management. During the mid-1950s into the 1970s, the plant was under the management of Glavpoligrafprom (Main Directorate of the Printing Industry).
Publisher: Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist), Moscow — Советский художник, Москва
Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist) was a publishing house that chiefly served the Artists’ Union of the USSR. The publishing house was founded in Moscow in 1946 and it turned out illustrated monographs on contemporary artists and collections. It also published art reproductions, postcards and art books, art catalogs, brochures and posters. During a reorganization of the publishing sector in the USSR in 1964, Soviet Artist merged with Izogiz, the fine arts section of Ogiz (Association of the St...
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New successes, comrades! Poster Number: PP 761 Category: Lenin Media Size: 37x30 Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: 1980 Editorial Information: Editor S. Kochanov; Technical Editor M. Gridasova Technical Information on Poster: Approved for printing September 10, 1980; Format 70 x 90; Volume 1 sheet of paper; 1.17 conventional sheets of paper; Publication No. 1a-796; Order No. 4589; Price 10 kopeks; T 80202-531 BЗ-72-10-79/088(02)-80 Print Run: 175,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A-07330 Catalog Notes: PP 761 Lenin
Artist: Tereshchenko, Nikolai Ivanovich — Терещенко, Николай Иванович
Printer: Kommunar Publishing House Typography Workshop, Tula — Типография Коммунар, Тула
Kommunar Publishing was located in the city of Tula at 150 Friedrich Engels Street. The publishing house issued the newspaper “Kommunar”.
Publisher: Plakat (All-Union Poster), Moscow — Плакат
Plakat (All-Union Poster) was created in 1974 in Moscow through the work of the Union of Artists and the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The chief of its poster department was Dmitry Akimovich Isaev. Plakat publishers existed until 1991 whereupon it was renamed Panorama publishers.
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We’ll live and study according to Lenin Poster Number: PP 762 Category: Lenin Media Size: 38.5x27 Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset Publishing Date: 1980 Editorial Information: Editor S Kochanov; Technical Editor V. Nikitina Technical Information on Poster: Submitted for printing August 15, 1979; Format 60 x 90; Volume 1 sheet of paper; 1 conventional sheet of paper; Publication No. 1a-785; Order No. 9602; Price 10 kopeks; 536 BZ-72-16-79/088(02)-80 Print Run: 90,000 Glavlit Directory Number: C 80202 Catalog Notes: PP 762 Lenin
Artist: Savostiuk, Oleg Mikhailovich — Савостюк, Олег Михайлович
Artist: Uspenskii, Boris Aleksandrovich — Успенский, Борис Александрович
Printer: Typolithography Workshop of Gor'kovskaia Pravda Publishing House —
Publisher: Plakat (All-Union Poster), Moscow — Плакат
Plakat (All-Union Poster) was created in 1974 in Moscow through the work of the Union of Artists and the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The chief of its poster department was Dmitry Akimovich Isaev. Plakat publishers existed until 1991 whereupon it was renamed Panorama publishers.
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Kind-hearted, smiling gaze . . . Lenin forever children’s best friend! Poster Number: PP 779 Category: Lenin Media Size: 25x40 Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: 1963 Editorial Information: Editor M. Iastrzhembskaia Technical Information on Poster: [Approved] September 25, 1963; Publication No. 1-11; Volume 1 sheet of paper; Order No. 917; Price 10 kopeks Print Run: 200,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A08841 Catalog Notes: PP 779 Lenin
Artist: Karpovskii, Naum Pavlovich — Карповский, Наум Павлович
Naum Pavlovich Karpovskii was a noted Soviet painter and a graphic artist from Kharkov. Until 1941, he lived and worked in Kharkov but during World War II, he moved to Alma-Ata (Almaty), the capital of the Kazakh SSR. From 1925 to 1931, Karpovskii studied at the State Art Institute of Kharkov where he later served as an instructor. By the 1930s, he was designing political posters. When the threat war loomed over the Soviet Union during the late 1930...
Printer: 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop named for A. A. Zhdanov, Moscow — 1-я Образцовая типография им. А.А. Жданова
The 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop was named in honor of Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov (1896-1948), a Soviet military leader and a senior member of the Politburo who died in 1948. Reportedly, Andrei Zhdanov controlled the atomic espionage division of the USSR and he was Josef Stalin's closest confidant. Historically, the 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop began as the Sharapov-Sytin Partnerhip, a printing workshop formed before the Russian Revolution. Ivan Dmitrievich Sytin (1851-1934) was the son of a peasant. ...
Publisher: IzoGiz (State Publishing House of Fine Art), Moscow — Изогиз (Государственное издательство изобразительного искусства), Москва
The history of IzoGiz begins with the formation of Ogiz, the Association of the State Book and Magazine Publishers. In 1930, the Sovnarkom of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic established Ogiz to centralize publishing under a monopoly in order to eliminate duplication of printed material, to streamline and control publishing production and its output, and to create a base for marketing books, training and technical manuals. In 1931, the Central Committee of the USSR ordered certain ...
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Lenin is with us! Poster Number: PP 823 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: 821 Media Size: Please inquire Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: 1961 Editorial Information: Editor M. Sergeeva Technical Information on Poster: [Approved] January 24, 1961; Publication No 1-642, Size 1 sheet, Order No. 1418, Price 10 kopeks Print Run: 100,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A01522 Catalog Notes: PP 823 Lenin
Artist: Ivanov, Viktor Semenovich — Иванов, Виктор Семёнович
Viktor Semenovich Ivanov attended Moscow Secondary Professional Art School from 1926 to 1929. In 1928, he took classes at a studio of Dmitrii Kardovskii the Russian artist, illustrator and stage designer, and from 1929 to 1933, Ivanov continued his education at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture that was affiliated with the Russian Academy of Arts of Leningrad. In 1931, Viktor Ivanov began designing for the state publishing house Ogiz-Izogiz where he achieved acclaim as a prolific artist whose concentration ...
Printer: 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop named for A. A. Zhdanov, Moscow — 1-я Образцовая типография им. А.А. Жданова
The 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop was named in honor of Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov (1896-1948), a Soviet military leader and a senior member of the Politburo who died in 1948. Reportedly, Andrei Zhdanov controlled the atomic espionage division of the USSR and he was Josef Stalin's closest confidant. Historically, the 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop began as the Sharapov-Sytin Partnerhip, a printing workshop formed before the Russian Revolution. Ivan Dmitrievich Sytin (1851-1934) was the son of a peasant. ...
Publisher: IzoGiz (State Publishing House of Fine Art), Moscow — Изогиз (Государственное издательство изобразительного искусства), Москва
The history of IzoGiz begins with the formation of Ogiz, the Association of the State Book and Magazine Publishers. In 1930, the Sovnarkom of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic established Ogiz to centralize publishing under a monopoly in order to eliminate duplication of printed material, to streamline and control publishing production and its output, and to create a base for marketing books, training and technical manuals. In 1931, the Central Committee of the USSR ordered certain ...
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The Ideas of Leninism Illuminate the Path to Communism. Poster Number: PP 885 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: [Book title in Latvian] "Lenin". The man reading the book is a World War II veteran. He wears a ribbon (at right) signifying "The Order of Glory" in addition to what appears to be the ribbon of "The Order of the Red Banner" for distinguished military performance. Media Size: Please inquire Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset Publishing Date: 1951 Editorial Information: Artistic Editor Ia. Rantyn’; Technical Editor M. Berg Technical Information on Poster: Order of Publication 4091-Mk185. [Order of] typography-lithography 19. Paper Format 60 x 92 cm. 1 sheet of paper. 1 Printed sheet. 1.74 sheets. Price 3 rubles. Print Run: 1,000 Glavlit Directory Number: IaT 26331 Catalog Notes: PP 885 Lenin
The ideas of Leninism are triumphing! Poster Number: PP 906 Category: Lenin Media Size: 41x30.5 Poster Type: Offset Publishing Date: 1961 Editorial Information: Editor M. Sergeeva Technical Information on Poster: [Approved] 24 January 1961; Publication No. 1–626; Size 1 large sheet; Order 35; Price 10 kopeks Print Run: 250,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A01521 Catalog Notes: PP 906 Lenin
Artist: Grinshtein, Isaak Khaskelevich — Гринштейн, Исаак Хаскелевич
Isaak Khaskelevich Grinshtein was a Soviet graphic artist, illustrator and book designer. He was born in what is today Eastern Ukraine. Grinshtein studied at the Art Institute of Odessa from 1925 to 1930 and after graduation, he was a school teacher (until 1933) whereupon he moved to Moscow. Having a background in graphic art, Grinshtein worked extensively designing for Ogonek [Campfire], Smena [Change], Molodoi kolkhoznik [Young Collective Farmer], and other major Soviet monthlies. In addition to his...
Printer: Kalinin City Poligrafkombinat of Sovnarkhoz of the RSFSR — Калининский полиграфический комбинат Московского совнархоза Верховного Совета РСФСР
The Poligrafkombinat (printing plant) of Kalinin was the printer for Sovnarkhoz RSFSR (the Regional Council of National Economy of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic). Sovnarkhoz was an economic reorganization that came about in 1957 when over 100 "economic regions" were created in the USSR to localize and reduce the inordinate role of state administered, top-down economics. The printer was located at 5 Lenin Avenue (formerly Voroshilov Street) in the city of Kalinin (Tver) northwest of ...
Publisher: IzoGiz (State Publishing House of Fine Art), Moscow — Изогиз (Государственное издательство изобразительного искусства), Москва
The history of IzoGiz begins with the formation of Ogiz, the Association of the State Book and Magazine Publishers. In 1930, the Sovnarkom of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic established Ogiz to centralize publishing under a monopoly in order to eliminate duplication of printed material, to streamline and control publishing production and its output, and to create a base for marketing books, training and technical manuals. In 1931, the Central Committee of the USSR ordered certain ...
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Be as was the Great Lenin. Electors; the people should require from their deputies that they do their tasks to the utmost, that in their work they do not lower themselves to the level of the political peon, that they remain at their posts as political activists of the Leninist type. [Partial translation] Poster Number: PP 976 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: The text on this poster comes from a December 1937 speech by Josef Stalin. In the speech he declared, "...people, must demand that their deputies should remain equal to their tasks,... that as public figures they should be as clear and definite as Lenin was, that they should be as fearless in battle and as merciless towards the enemies of the people as Lenin was...". Media Size: 39x29.5 Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset Publishing Date: 1938 Editorial Information: Editor Druzhkov, A.; Text editor Strukov, E. Technical Information on Poster: Approved for publication December 28, 1937; Approved for printing January 8, 1938; IzoGiz No. 9309; Order No. 3285; Standard format 60x94 - Volume 1 sheet of paper; Price 70 kopeks Print Run: 100,000 Glavlit Directory Number: B-85442 Sources & Citation: Pisch, A. (2016). The personality cult of Stalin in Soviet posters, 1929-1953: Archetypes, inventions and fabrications. Canberra: ANU Press. Catalog Notes: PP 976 Lenin
Artist: Elkin, Vasilii Nikolaevich — Елкин, Василий Николаевич
Printer: Gudok Typography Workshop, Moscow — Типография Гудок, Москва
Gudok is the Russian word for whistle and it was also the name given to the railway industry newspaper in the Soviet Union. The newspaper's printing workshop was in Moscow at 7 Stankevich Street (formerly Voznesenskii Lane), a street named after Alexander Stankevich (1821-1912), the Russian writer, biographer and publisher. From the end of the nineteenth century until 1918, the location served as the printing house and editorial offices of the liberal newspaper "Russian News" (...
Publisher: Ogiz-IzoGiz, Moscow-Leningrad — Огиз-Изогиз, Москва-Ленинград
Ogiz was the Association of the State Book and Magazine Publishers. Its main offices were located in Moscow and in Leningrad. The Sovnarkom of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic established Ogiz in 1930 to centralize publishing activities under a state monopoly in order to eliminate duplication of printed material, streamline and control publishing production and output, and to create a base for marketing books, training and technical manuals. In 1931, the Central Committee of the USSR ...
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On the Leninist Course to the Victory of Communism! Poster Number: PP 986 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: [Names of newspapers] Pravda (Truth), Komsomol Pravda, Iskra (Spark). Media Size: 44x24 Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset Publishing Date: 1962 Technical Information on Poster: [Printing] Workshop of the Moscow Regional Sovnarkhoz, 28 Valovaia Street, No. Zh-54, Moscow. Catalog Notes: PP 986 Lenin
Artist: Belopol'skii, Boris Naumovich — Белопольский, Борис Наумович
Printer: 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop named for A. A. Zhdanov, Moscow — 1-я Образцовая типография им. А.А. Жданова
The 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop was named in honor of Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov (1896-1948), a Soviet military leader and a senior member of the Politburo who died in 1948. Reportedly, Andrei Zhdanov controlled the atomic espionage division of the USSR and he was Josef Stalin's closest confidant. Historically, the 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop began as the Sharapov-Sytin Partnerhip, a printing workshop formed before the Russian Revolution. Ivan Dmitrievich Sytin (1851-1934) was the son of a peasant. ...
Publisher: IzoGiz (State Publishing House of Fine Art), Moscow — Изогиз (Государственное издательство изобразительного искусства), Москва
The history of IzoGiz begins with the formation of Ogiz, the Association of the State Book and Magazine Publishers. In 1930, the Sovnarkom of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic established Ogiz to centralize publishing under a monopoly in order to eliminate duplication of printed material, to streamline and control publishing production and its output, and to create a base for marketing books, training and technical manuals. In 1931, the Central Committee of the USSR ordered certain ...
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We should judge for ourselves. Citizens are obliged without exception to participate in justice and in the governance of the country. --V. I. Lenin Poster Number: PP 1059 Category: Lenin Poster Notes: The woman illustrated on the poster is holding a book titled "Constitution of the RSFSR". Media Size: 37x25 Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset Publishing Date: 1960 Editorial Information: Editor V. Rukavishnikov Technical Information on Poster: [Approved for printing] August 1, 1960; Publication No. 1-501; Order No. 1092; Volume 1 sheet of paper; Price 1 ruble (s 1/January 1961 g.-10 kopeks) Print Run: 165,000 Glavlit Directory Number: A07586 Catalog Notes: PP 1059 Lenin
Artist: Dement'ev, Rem Mikhailovich — Дементьев, Рэм Михайлович
Rem Mikhailovich Dement'ev spent the majority of his professional career working in the graphic and illustrated arts. He studied at the Art Institute of the Estonian SSR where he graduated in 1956. After initiating his career, he worked at the Estonian Book Publishing House designing and illustrating books. Dement'ev also worked with the State Publishing House (Izogiz) and with the Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR (Voenizdat MVC USSR). Rem Dement'ev ...
Printer: Kalinin City Poligrafkombinat of Sovnarkhoz of the RSFSR — Калининский полиграфический комбинат Московского совнархоза Верховного Совета РСФСР
The Poligrafkombinat (printing plant) of Kalinin was the printer for Sovnarkhoz RSFSR (the Regional Council of National Economy of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic). Sovnarkhoz was an economic reorganization that came about in 1957 when over 100 "economic regions" were created in the USSR to localize and reduce the inordinate role of state administered, top-down economics. The printer was located at 5 Lenin Avenue (formerly Voroshilov Street) in the city of Kalinin (Tver) northwest of ...
Publisher: IzoGiz (State Publishing House of Fine Art), Moscow — Изогиз (Государственное издательство изобразительного искусства), Москва
The history of IzoGiz begins with the formation of Ogiz, the Association of the State Book and Magazine Publishers. In 1930, the Sovnarkom of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic established Ogiz to centralize publishing under a monopoly in order to eliminate duplication of printed material, to streamline and control publishing production and its output, and to create a base for marketing books, training and technical manuals. In 1931, the Central Committee of the USSR ordered certain ...