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To volunteer Saturday! All-Russia volunteer Saturday is the way to the revival of water transport

Número de Cartel: PP 668
Información sobre el cartel: Poster is framed. A subbotnik was a "Saturday Volunteer" who worked in the period shortly after the October Revolution to help with public improvement jobs.
Tamaño: 40x29
Tipo de cartel: Litografía
Fecha de publicación: c.1920
Fuentes:

Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 350, poster 2080
Brinton, M. (1975). The Bolsheviks & workers' control, 1917-1921: The State and counter-revolution. Montreal: Black Rose Books.

En el catologo: PP 668 Events (framed)
Artista: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник
The artist's name on the poster is not indicated. By assigning Artist Unknown to a poster it also could mean the artist used a chop mark whereby no signature is seen thus rendering the artist's identity anonymous.
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Imprenta: MGSNKh Typo-lithography Workshop, Moscow — Типо-литография МГСНХ, Москва
MGSNKh (Moscow City Council of National Economy) was formed in 1918. It municipalized hundreds of local printing enterprises during the Russian Civil War when hoarding of ink, paper and production equipment was prevalent. For its own printing needs, the MGSNKh took over several printing houses such as the 2nd Typography Workshop, the 3rd State Typolithography Workshop (formerly owned by Ivan Kushnerev) and the 15th Lithographic Workshop formerly under the ownership of Ivan Mashistov.
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Editorial: Tsektran (Central Administrative Body of Railways and Water Transport Workers) — Цектран (Центральный комитет Всероссийского объединенного профессионального союза работников железнодорожного и водного транспорта)
Tsektran was established in September 1920 by decree of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions. It was an amalgamation of several entities within the Bolshevik government consisting of the Commissariat of Transport, unions of the railway industry and transportation supervisors.
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