PP 045 | Poster Plakat

Farmer-Exploiter, Bandit and the Red Army.
[Poem verses]
Mitka Kunda, the company coward,
Escaped in secret from the front line,
Returned to his village, and showed up as a
Surprise guest of some of the village’s wealthy men.

The news spread through the village
That Kunda came back from the front line!
[Partial translation] — Farmer-Exploiter, Bandit and the Red Army. [Poem verses] Mitka Kunda, the company coward, Escaped in secret from the front line, Returned to his village, and showed up as a Surprise guest of some of the village’s wealthy men. The news spread through the village That Kunda came back from the front line! [Partial translation]

**Poster Number:** PP 045

**Category:** Civil War

**Poster Notes:** The names Romacha, Tiutiunnik, and Makhno (mentioned elsewhere in the poem) were commanders of militia units in Ukraine during the Russian Civil War.

**Media Size:** 34x26

**Poster Type:** Lithograph

**Publishing Date:** 1920

**Catalog Notes:** PP 045 Civil War

Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник

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Publisher: State Publishing House, Kiev — Государственное издательство, Киев

The State Publishing House had its origins in Imperial Russia as the Royal Print Yard in St. Petersburg. As the Red Army controlled more provinces and cities in former Imperial Russia, the State Publishing House developed offices outside St. Petersburg. Kiev was a major city of Imperial Russia as well as of the USSR. Once Soviet control was established in Ukraine, publishing was concentrated in the State Publishing House that existed from 1919-1930. Today, Kiev ...