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So that war will forever disappear, so that mothers will have peace of mind.

Poster Number: PP 268
Category: Cold War
Poster Notes: (At center of poster) "Peace".
Media Size: 48х27
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1966
Editorial Information: Editor M. Sergeeva; Technical Editor V. Ivanova
Technical Information on Poster: [Approved] September 25, 1965; Publication No. 1-695; Volume 1 sheet of paper; Order No. 1693; Price 10 kopeks; [Printed at] 7 [9?] Kronverkskaia Street
Glavlit Directory Number: A-11365
Catalog Notes: PP 268 Cold War
Artist: Reshetnikov, Boris Andreevich — Решетников, Борис Андреевич
Boris Andreevich Reshetnikov was a Soviet graphic artist. From 1946 to 1958, he studied at the Saratov Art School. In 1954, Reshetnikov graduated from the State Academy of Arts named for Teodors Zaļkalns in Riga, Latvian SSR. He went on to teach at the Latvian Academy from 1954 to 1956. It was also in the 1950s that he moved to Moscow. The artist began designing posters for Izogiz State Publishing by the mid-1950s. At Izogiz, Reshetnikov designed over f...
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Printer: Leningrad Offset Printing Plant — Ленинградское Офсетная типография
The Leningrad Offset Printing Plant was located near Kronverkskaia and Mir Streets in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). Historically, the printer had roots in Imperial Russia as a large operation founded in 1881 by Theodore Kibbel (Fedor Fyodorovich Kibbel') until it was nationalized by the Soviets in 1917. After its initial nationalization, the printer's management (via a series of government-controlled printing trusts) and its name both changed over the decades until it ultimately became the Leningrad Offset Printing Plant ...
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Publisher: Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist), Moscow — Советский художник, Москва
Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist) was a publishing house that chiefly served the Artists’ Union of the USSR. The publishing house was founded in Moscow in 1946 and it turned out illustrated monographs on contemporary artists and collections. It also published art reproductions, postcards and art books, art catalogs, brochures and posters. During a reorganization of the publishing sector in the USSR in 1964, Soviet Artist merged with Izogiz, the fine arts section of Ogiz (Association of the St...
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