PP 468 | Poster Plakat

The Workers’ Club is the Hearth of Revolutionary Thought. [Bottom left] Club Section of the Extramural Department of the Commissariat of Public Education.

**Poster Number:** PP 468

**Category:** Communist Culture

**Poster Notes:** [Top right] Workers of the World, Unite!; [On the banner] Workers’ Club; The Club Section of the People’s Commissariat was in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) and this poster likely was issued during the unification period of the state's educational institutions. By the 1920s, the government had fully developed clubs for trade unions, political organizations, and workers by making use of former residences and churches. Clubs were non-restrictive and served as cultural outlets. According to architecture historian Anatole Kopp, a Soviet club was, "...no longer that of an elite but of the mass, no longer acquired in the silence of the study or in halls of learning, but in a group bound by common interests and an awareness of their need."

**Media Size:** 39x30

**Poster Type:** Lithograph

**Publishing Date:** c.1919

**Technical Information on Poster:** Published by the Club Section of the Extracurricular Department.

**Sources & Citation:** Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 497 poster 3366

**Catalog Notes:** PP 468 Communist Culture b

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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Publisher: Narkompros (People’s Commissariat for Education) — Наркомпрос

The People's Commissariat for Education (Narkompros) was formed in 1918 and it encompassed the former Imperial Ministry of Public Education, the State Education Committee, and the former Palace Ministry (an entity that managed theaters, the Academy of Arts and the royal palaces). Overseeing Narkompros was the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK). As the main educational branch of the government, Narkompros carried out a compliment of programs such as the combating of illiteracy, professional education, adult education, ...

The Workers’ Club is the Hearth of Revolutionary Thought. [Bottom left] Club Section of the Extramural Department of the Commissariat of Public Education.