PP 134 | Poster Plakat

The Soviet woman – with equal rights and an active builder of communist socialism!

**Poster Number:** PP 134

**Category:** Women

**Poster Notes:** The woman is holding a book of Stalin’s works.

**Media Size:** 37.5x27.5

**Poster Type:** Lithograph

**Publishing Date:** c.1949

**Editorial Information:** Editor M. Ozolin’sh. Technical Editor T. Ianson.

**Technical Information on Poster:** Publication No. 3245- Mk45. Order No. 20., Price 3 rubles.

**Print Run:** 1,000

**Glavlit Directory Number:** Ia T 00316

**Catalog Notes:** PP 134 Women

**USSR Region:** Latvian SSR

Artist: Eger, Arvid Reynkhol'dovich (Jēgers, Arvīds) — Егер, Арвид Рейнхольдович

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Printer: LRTPP Typography, Riga —

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 ...

The Soviet woman – with equal rights and an active builder of communist socialism!