PP 416 | Poster Plakat

Only a close and unbreakable union of workers and peasants will save Russia from economic destruction and starvation.
Workers: Give the country agricultural machines to increase production of bread for the republic – steam locomotives to carry bread to all starving areas – weapons for the Red Army to protect the power of workers from the capitalists. [Partial translation] — Only a close and unbreakable union of workers and peasants will save Russia from economic destruction and starvation. Workers: Give the country agricultural machines to increase production of bread for the republic – steam locomotives to carry bread to all starving areas – weapons for the Red Army to protect the power of workers from the capitalists. [Partial translation]

**Poster Number:** PP 416

**Category:** Workers

**Poster Notes:** Published by the Industrial Propaganda Bureau under the Central Committee of the All-Russia Union of Metal Workers. [At top of poster] RSFSR Workers of all countries unite!

**Media Size:** 32x25

**Poster Type:** Lithograph

**Publishing Date:** 1920

**Sources & Citation:** Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B.S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), pages 208-209, poster 650; Russian Revolutionary Posters by V. Polonskii (1925), page 154, poster 443

**Catalog Notes:** PP 416 Workers

Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник

The artist's name on the poster is not indicated. By assigning Artist Unknown to a poster it also could mean the artist used a chop mark whereby no signature is seen thus rendering the artist's identity anonymous.

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Printer: MSNKh 16th State Publishing Typography Workshop, Moscow (formerly Levinson) — МСНХ 16-я государственная издательская типография

The 16th State Publishing Typography Workshop was located in Moscow at 9 Trekhprudnyi Lane. Prior to being nationalized, the workshop was the A.A. Levinson Partnership. Levenson's firm dates to 1881 when Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Levenson (1855-1922) acquired a speed press and began his printing operation. The firm expanded to 450 workers by 1913, and at one point, it operated six of Moscow's eighteen high-speed presses. During World War I, Levinson's business was subjugated under the Zemgorom (Chief Army Supply ...

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Publisher: MSNKh 16th State Publishing Typography Workshop, Moscow — МСНХ 16-я государственная издательская типография

The MSNKh (Moscow Council of National Economy) published information utilizing the 16th State Publishing Typography Workshop. Historically, the 16th State Publishing Typography was the A.A. Levenson Partnership before it was nationalized by the Soviets. Levenson's Partnership dates to 1887 in Moscow when Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Levenson developed a printing plant with a speed press. His operations expanded to 450 workers by 1913. During World War I, the printer was subjugated under the Zemgorom (Chief Army Supply Committee of ...