PP 239 | Poster Plakat

Long live the 30th anniversary of the great October socialist revolution!

**Poster Number:** PP 239

**Category:** Revolution

**Poster Notes:** The tall building on this poster is the conceptual "Palace of the Soviets" in Moscow proposed to be built on the site of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. This "Palace" was never built.

**Media Size:** 44x31

**Poster Type:** Lithograph and Offset

**Publishing Date:** 1947

**Editorial Information:** Editor R. Dzenis

**Technical Information on Poster:** Publication No. 986. Order No. 7350. Price 2 rubles.

**Print Run:** 10,000

**Glavlit Directory Number:** JT09591

**Catalog Notes:** PP 239 Revolution

**USSR Region:** Latvian SSR

**Language:** Latvian

Artist: Medvedev, Vsevolod — Медведев, Всеволод

Printer: LPT 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 ...

Long live the 30th anniversary of the great October socialist revolution!