PP 074 | Poster Plakat

And we will overcome the water shortage!

**Poster Number:** PP 074

**Category:** Stalin

**Poster Notes:** [On map] "PLAN Location of state forest protective zones and shelterbelts"; Map also shows the August 1950 plan for the Stalingrad/Volgograd hydroelectric power station-- still the largest in Europe; also on the map (near the Caspian Sea) is the town of Gur'ev (Atyray), a city with thriving industries in crude oil and fishing during the Soviet era.

**Media Size:** 36x25.5

**Poster Type:** Offset

**Publishing Date:** 1949

**Editorial Information:** Editor P. Piskunov.

**Technical Information on Poster:** 2 sheets of paper. N-12. Price 1 ruble.

**Glavlit Directory Number:** A-02867.

**Catalog Notes:** PP 074 Stalin b

Artist: Govorkov, Viktor Ivanovich — Говорков, Виктор Иванович

Viktor Ivanovich Govorkov studied art in the studios of the Club for Soviet Workers in Vladivostok during the mid-1920s. From 1926 to 1930, Govorkov studied at VKhUTEIN [Higher Art and Technical Institute] in Moscow under the tutelage of Sergei Gerasimov where he concentrated in monumental art. His thesis at VKhUTEIN was a sketch for a panel intended for decoration on Red Square in preparation for the May Day festivities there in 1930. Upon his graduation he served ...

And we will overcome the water shortage!