Poster Plakat
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"February 23 -- Boys and Girls Manpower Reserves Gymnastics Team Championship Honoring Soviet Army Day!"
Red (Soviet) Army Day was a state holiday in the USSR and in the countries of the Eastern Bloc. The day commemorated the February 23, 1918 founding of the Red Army of Russia. Contrasting Red Army Day was the Hungarian People's Army Day observed on September 29 in commemoration of the failed 1848 revolution against Austria. The Office of Manpower Reserves (Munkaerötaralékok Hivatala) directed apprentice reserve workers in the Hungarian People's Republic. The logo of the office (letters MT with a star) is seen on the left side of the poster. Their office was abolished in the 1950s when the Ministry of Labor took over management of the nation's vocational schools and their programs.
Noted Hungarian illustrator Imre Sebők designed this poster.
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Poster Plakat is a private collection of Soviet and Eastern Bloc political ephemera spanning 1916 to 1991. The collection contains over 1,000 original posters and poster maquettes. Sizes range from windowpane posters up to large, multi-panel broadsides. Numerous artists are represented such as Gustav Klutsis, Victor Deni, Nikolai Dolgorukov, Vladimir Stenberg, the Kukryniksy, Viktor Koretsky, and hundreds more. All posters are linen backed and ready for display.
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