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Poster Plakat

Kalinin City Poligrafkombinat of Glavpoligrafprom

Калининский полиграфический комбинат Главполиграфпрома

The Kalinin Poligrafkombinat (printing plant) was located at 5 Lenin Avenue (formerly Voroshilov Street) in Kalinin (Tver) northwest of Moscow. Throughout its existence, the name of this printing plant changed depending on the various state-owned trusts that handled its management. During the mid-1950s into the 1970s, the plant was under the management of Glavpoligrafprom (Main Directorate of the Printing Industry).

PP 102: 1917-1957. Glory to the communist party of the Soviet Union! PP 106: Here are our wages! PP 251: Greetings for [International Women’s Day] the 8th of March PP 254: Glory to October 1917-1967 PP 273: Strengthen unity in the battle against imperialism! PP 275: For loyalty to the ideas of communism, for shoulder-to-shoulder ranks! PP 316: Grandma kept saying sternly “Without God you cannot cross any threshold!” But the bright light of science has proved that god doesn’t exist! PP 445: Our standard is Leninism! PP 482: Lenin 1870-1970 PP 523: The reliable shield of the motherland PP 524: 50-year anniversary of October. Happy jubilee year, friends! PP 525: VLKSM [All-Union Lenin Communist Union Of Youth] Do not think that all songs have been sung, that all thunderstorms have finished -- Prepare yourself for the great goal, and glory will find you! PP 548: We are forging the keys to happiness! PP 572: From this kind of silage— No milk, No meat PP 735: The Party is the Leader of October! PP 738: Glory to the Revolution! 1917 PP 768: Tank driver, do your duty excellently, keeping peace on the planet! PP 833: The Motherland Calls to the East! PP 894: Be worthy of [your] fathers! Never forget the exploits of Soviet soldiers, achieved by them during the Patriotic War. PP 1044: Long live the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – the Great Socialist Fatherland, the Indestructible Multinational Community of Fraternal Peoples, Living Out in Full the Principles of Proletarian Internationalism! PP 1111: Accept the gifts of May Day

Sources & Citations

Sawoniak H., & Witt M. (1994). New international dictionary of acronyms in library and information science and related fields (3rd rev. and enl.). Munich: Saur. (p. 225, Glavpoligrafprom definition)
Levitsky, S. L. Introduction to Soviet Copyright Law. Series: Law in Eastern Europe, No. 8. (1964) Leyden: A.W. Sythoff. (Pp. 63-64, Glavpoligrafprom organization)

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