PP 488 | Poster Plakat

Glory to the Great Soviet People, The Victor-Nation!

**Poster Number:** PP 488

**Category:** World War II

**Media Size:** 34x23.5

**Poster Type:** Lithograph

**Publishing Date:** 1947

**Editorial Information:** Editor S. Gel’berg

**Technical Information on Poster:** Publication No. 596; Order No. 91; Price 2 rubles.

**Print Run:** 2,000

**Glavlit Directory Number:** IaT 03945

**Catalog Notes:** PP 488 World War II b; Sister Poster PP 771

Artist: Pankok, Arnold (Pankoks, Arnolds) — Панкокс, Арнольдс

Printer: 1st Lithography Workshop of the Latvian Poligraf Trust, Riga [Lativa] —

Publisher: Latgosizdat (Latvian State Publishing House) — Латгосиздат (Латвийское государственное издательство)

Until World War II, Latvia had thriving publishing and printing industries. Between Soviet annexation in 1940 and the German occupation in 1941, Lativa's position as a European publishing hub drastically changed. Around 1940 Lativa's largest publisher, Liesma (Flame), was nationalized during Soviet annexation. The publisher became VAPP (Department of State Book Publishers and Polygraphic Enterprises) and was controlled as a state-run entity. From 1946-1964, VAPP was named Latgosizdat and in 1965, the publisher was re-named Liesma. It specialized in ...

Glory to the Great Soviet People, The Victor-Nation!