Typography named for I.V. Stalin of the Pravda Newspaper, Moscow

Типография газеты правда имен И.В. Сталина, Москва

Pravda (Truth) was the main newspaper of the Communist Party of the USSR until 1991. In publication since 1912, the paper moved its offices to Moscow shortly after the October Revolution. During the mid-1930s, Pravda moved into new offices at 24 Pravda Street in Moscow and it shared offices with the periodicals Trud (Work), Sel’skaia zhizn’ (Village Life), and the youth newspaper Komsomol’skaia Pravda (Komsomol Truth). The lower level of the building housed the printing plant.

PP 217: Glory to the fighters of great October!

PP 285: There will be no place that a murderer and torturer can hide!
He will get the full measure of what he deserves!
Every living thing detests you!
He will never see any mercy!

PP 870: Don’t let the fascists escape – destroy the enemy in his lair!

PP 895: Glory to the Builders of Communism!
With the victory of socialism, the ancient friendship of the Russian, Ukrainian, and other peoples of our country has transformed into a powerful, unstoppable force, into one of the driving forces of the development of Soviet society.

Sources & Citations

Huxtable, S. (2022). News From Moscow: Soviet journalism and the limits of postwar reform. New York: Oxford University Press. (p. 22, Trud, Sel’skaia zhizn’, Komsomol’skaia Pravda cited)
Sennott, S.R. (2004) Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture, Vol. 2. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn (p. 527, physical description of Pravda offices)
Ryabushin, A. & Smolina, N. (1992). Landmarks of Soviet Architecture: 1917-1921. New York: Rizzoli. (p. 16, Pravda office date of construction)