PP 085 | Poster Plakat

Kirov is with us! "In the iron nights of Leningrad, Kirov is walking through the city, and his proud heart is happy that people are so resilient and that the Soviet people keep such a close guard on their motherland."

**Poster Number:** PP 085

**Category:** World War II

**Poster Notes:** Sergei Kirov was leader of the Leningrad Communist Party. He was assassinated in 1934. On the poster he's illustrated along side the Narva Triumphal Arch in Leningrad. The arch was erected in 1814 to commemorate the Russian victory over Napoleon Bonaparte.

**Media Size:** 35.5x27

**Poster Type:** Lithograph

**Publishing Date:** 1944

**Editorial Information:** Editor N. Tikhonov

**Technical Information on Poster:** No. 2779; Order 2990; Price 4 rubles

**Print Run:** 3,000

**Glavlit Directory Number:** M 04428

**Catalog Notes:** PP 085 World War II b

Artist: Gordon, Mikhail Abramovich — Гордон, Михаил Абрамович

Mikhail Abramovich Gordon completed his training as an artist at the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1936. While in Moscow, he worked on exhibits at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV), a forerunner to the All-Union Exhibition of National Economy (VDNKh). In addition, his work appeared as part of the Soviet exhibit at the 1937 Paris International Exposition. Returning to the Soviet Union at the end of the 1930s, Gordon prepared the Leningrad streets for the celebrations honoring the ...

Kirov is with us! "In the iron nights of Leningrad, Kirov is walking through the city, and his proud heart is happy that people are so resilient and that the Soviet people keep such a close guard on their motherland."