PP 741 | Poster Plakat

In February of 1940 the pilots Sokolov and Kozachenko were flying back to their airfield after an air fight.
It was clear above the snowy clouds. Suddenly Sokolov sighted a group of Belofinn planes in a formation of twelve “Volkers”.
The force of the enemy exceeded ours by six times.
[Partial translation] — In February of 1940 the pilots Sokolov and Kozachenko were flying back to their airfield after an air fight. It was clear above the snowy clouds. Suddenly Sokolov sighted a group of Belofinn planes in a formation of twelve “Volkers”. The force of the enemy exceeded ours by six times. [Partial translation]

**Poster Number:** PP 741

**Category:** World War II

**Poster Notes:** The story relayed on this poster concerns the Soviet battle against Finland in the 1940 "Winter War".

**Media Size:** 40x16

**Poster Type:** Lithograph and Offset

**Publishing Date:** 1941

**Editorial Information:** Editor E. Povolotskaia

**Technical Information on Poster:** [Approved for printing] May 30, 1941; Order No. 343; Publication No. 5212; Volume 8/9ths sheet of paper; Price 60 kopeks

**Print Run:** 100,000

**Glavlit Directory Number:** A-38722

**Catalog Notes:** PP 741 World War II b

Artist: Dolgorukov, Nikolai Andreevich — Долгоруков, Николай Андреевич

In 1928, Nikolai Andreevich Dolgorukov moved from his native Ekaterinburg to Moscow to attend VKhUTEIN (Higher State Artistic and Technical Institute). After that organization dissolved in 1930, Dolgorukov continued his studies at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute under the tutelage of artists Lev Bruni and Dimitri Moor. Dolgorukov's training was in illustrated political satire as well as in poster design, and each area became the main focus of his long career. After graduation, he collaborated with fellow poster ...

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Printer: 3rd Krasnii Proletarii (Red Proletarian) Typography Workshop of Poligrafkniga of Ogiz, Moscow — 3-я типография Красный Пролетарий Типография треста Полиграфкнига (ОГИЗа) при Совете Министров СССР, Москва

The Krasnii Proletarii Workshop originated under the ownership of Ivan Kushnerev, a Russian entrepreneur who founded the Kushnerev & Company Printing Shop in 1869 in Moscow. When Kushnerev died in 1896, his printing operation was one of the largest in Imperial Russia. In 1919, the printer was nationalized by the Soviets and consigned to the Printing Section of the Moscow Economic Council (MSNKh).) It later became the 3rd Krasnii Proletarii Book Printing Plant when its location (at 16 Pimenovskaia ...