Selections from the works of Lenin in six volumes. Theory, when it reaches the masses, becomes a material force.
Poster Number: PP 564
Category: Lenin
Poster Notes: Poster advertises Lenin’s written works in Ukrainian as published shortly after Lenin's death in 1924; on the back of this poster there is a hand painted message, "If you don’t want to be poisoned by gasses, get gas masks for yourself and your family! February-March 1933".
Media Size: 29x2.5
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: c.1924
Technical Information on Poster: Order No. 4050. [Ukrknigotsentr" (Ukrainian Book Distributing Center) was an agency that collected libraries and books for the trade unions, factory reading rooms, collective farms, and district libraries. Their office was located at 11 Sergievskaia Square, Kharkov].
Print Run: 7,000
Glavlit Directory Number: 5926. Ukrgolovlit, city section of Glavlit in Kharkov, Ukraine
Catalog Notes: PP 564 Lenin
USSR Region: Ukrainian SSR
Language: Ukrainian
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: UPP DVOU (Printing Industry Management/State Publishing Association of Ukraine) — УПП ГПОУ (Управление полиграф предприятиями/Государственное издательское объединение Украины)
The UPP (Printing Industry Management) managed the printers in cities around the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic carrying out jobs for the DVOU (State Publishing Association of Ukraine). In 1930, a resolution by the Ukrainian Central Committee created the DVOU making it the central administration for publications and literature distribution in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The DVOU replaced the DVU (State Publishing of Ukraine) that had been in existence since 1922.
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Publisher: Proletar (Proletarian) Publishing House, Kharkov/Kiev — Издательство Пролетар, Харьков/Киев
Proletar (Proletarian) Publishing House was established in 1922 by the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The publisher was situated in Kharkov. It chiefly disseminated political literature and titles concerning economics, law and sociology. In addition, it served as the publishing arm of the Communist Party and in that role, it published a variety of titles by prominent Party members and international communist leaders, in addition to turning out a ...
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