Month of Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship November 7th to December 5th, 1951.
Poster Number: PP 880
Category: Stalin
Poster Notes: Next to Stalin is Klement Gottwald (1896-1953), Czechoslovak Communist leader. The paper reads, Se Sovětským svazem na věčné časy! (With the Soviet Union forever!). From 1935 to 1944, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union signed three treaties of cooperation but after World War II, the Soviets held political claim to much of the nation, and friendship was largely based on Czechoslovakia’s economic dependency on the Soviet Union. This poster highlights the November 7th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. In Czechoslovakia, the anniversary was celebrated via the Union of Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship. A highlight was a march with participants carrying paper lanterns in solidarity with the Soviet Union.
Media Size: Please inquire
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: September, 1951
Technical Information on Poster: Published by the Union of Czechoslovak Soviet Friendship at the Osveta Publishing House, [address] No. 2 Svoboda.
Sources & Citation:
Taborsky, E. (2015). Communism in Czechoslovakia, 1948-1960. Princeton: Princeton University Press (eBook, P. 587, membership 1952)
Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Russian Centre for Conservation and Study of Records for Modern History (1994). The Cominform: Minutes of the Three Conferences 1947/1948/1949. Milano: Feltrinelli (P. 733, Union of Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship and Stalin)
Catalog Notes: PP 880 Stalin, Sister poster PP 156 Stalin
Language: Czech
Artist: Schlesinger, Josef —
Printer: Printer not indicated —