PP 945 | Poster Plakat

Corn is a priceless treasure!

**Poster Number:** PP 945

**Category:** Agriculture

**Poster Notes:** In the 1950s, USSR Premier Nikita Khrushchev strove to make corn the national crop of the Soviet Union and his efforts are historically referred to as the "Corn Campaign".

**Media Size:** 44.5x30

**Poster Type:** Lithograph and Offset

**Publishing Date:** 1963

**Editorial Information:** Editor A. Akhmadov

**Technical Information on Poster:** Size 70x108 (cm); No. 57; Price 10 Tenge.

**Print Run:** 5,000

**Glavlit Directory Number:** KL 00505

**Catalog Notes:** PP 945 Agriculture b

**USSR Region:** Tajik SSR

**Language:** Tajik

Artist: Ershov, Igor' Aleksandrovich — Ершов, Игорь Александрович

Igor' Aleksandrovich Ershov was a Soviet painter, graphic artist, and a decorator. Born into a musician's family, Ershov entered Saratov Art College in 1925 where he studied for five years with teachers Pavel Kuznetsov, Pyotr Utkin, and Boris Milovidov. During his studies, Ershov participated in exhibitions. After graduating, he moved to Moscow. Throughout his life, the artist had an interest in Central Asia. In particular, he spent time in Tajikistan where he admired the culture and ...

Corn is a priceless treasure!