Poster Plakat
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"And we will overcome the water shortage!"
This 1949 poster by the artist Viktor Govorkov pointedly addresses a problem in post-war Soviet Union. The war had decimated Soviet agriculture resources such as labor power and clean water. On top of the wartime detriment, a drought in 1946 plagued the Moldavian SSR, Ukrainian SSR, and sections of the Volga region. A weak harvest (along with government-led collectivization and ill-advised farm supply policies) culminated in mass starvation breaking out in rural areas the year after the war.
On the map in front of Josef Stalin it reads, "PLAN Location of state forest protective zones and shelterbelts". The map also shows the August 1950 plan for the Stalingrad (Volgograd) hydroelectric power station -- still today the largest in Europe.
As an aside, the artist Viktor Govorkov served as First Chairman of the Poster Section of the Moscow Union of Artists.
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About The Collection
Poster Plakat is a private collection of Soviet and Eastern Bloc political ephemera spanning 1916 to 1991. The collection contains over 1,000 original posters and poster maquettes. Sizes range from windowpane posters up to large, multi-panel broadsides. Numerous artists are represented such as Gustav Klutsis, Victor Deni, Nikolai Dolgorukov, Vladimir Stenberg, the Kukryniksy, Viktor Koretsky, and hundreds more. All posters are linen backed and ready for display.
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