Boris Ivanovich Kriukov was a Ukrainian-born painter, illustrator, theater artist, and graphic designer. He worked internationally and he specialized in book illustration. Kriukov began his studies in art at the Kiev Art School where he attended from 1913 to 1917. He later taught painting and drawing at the school. With a concentration in graphic art, Kriukov reportedly illustrated over 500 books during his lifetime. During World War II, he moved to L’vov and then to Krakow, Poland. By...

NKMP (People's Commissariat of Local Industry) utilized the lithography workshop under the management of the Ukrpoligraftrust (Ukrainian Printing Trust). The workshop was located at 59 Henri Barbusse (a.k.a. Vasilii Tiutiunnik) Street in Kiev, the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Mistetstvo (Art Publishing House) was founded in Kharkov (Ukrainian SSR) between 1932-'34. It moved to Kiev in 1935. The publisher's chief output comprised of posters, portraits, artistic monographs and sheet music.