Petvakan Petrosovich Grigor’iants was a Soviet artist and graphic designer. In 1925, he graduated from the Krasnodar Art College Academy of Arts. He continued his artistic studies at the Leningrad VKhuTEIN (Higher Art and Technical Institute) from 1925 to 1929 -- the year he graduated. Venturing into graphic design, Grigor’iants began designing candy boxes, industrial goods and postcards. He also delved into the illustration of books. Some of the titles he worked on were: “S. M. Kir...

LT UN-9 was the abbreviation for the Printing House No. 9 of the Publishing and Printing Department of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council. Research suggests the LT naming convention began during World War II and it was accorded to at least ten printers in Leningrad. For example, Printing House No. 1 (LT UN-1) was located at 57 Fontanka Embankment.

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.