Dmitrii Ivanovich Mel’nikov was a Soviet graphic artist, illustrator, and a caricaturist. He graduated in 1917 from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. During the period of his artistic studies, Mel’nikov began working as a caricaturist by drawing cartoons that portrayed Imperial Russian cultural personalities. Professionally, Mel'nikov was a collaborating artist with the Soviet magazines “Theater and Footlights” and “New Satyricon”. He also developed decorations for public holidays and from 1919 to 1922, he ...

The 2nd State Typography Lithography 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 ...

In May 1919, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee created the State Publishing House of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), Moscow. The State Publishing House had its origins in Imperial Russia as the Royal Print Yard in St. Petersburg. As the Red Army controlled more provinces and cities in former Imperial Russia, the State Publishing House developed offices outside St. Petersburg. The State Publishing House, Moscow is sometimes cited in historical references as the "...