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VAPP

VAPP /// ВAПП // Главное управление издательств и полиграфической // Glavnoe upravlenie izdatel'stv i poligraficheskoi / Department of State Book Publishers and Polygraphic Enterprises

Until World War II, Latvia had thriving industries for publishing and printing. In 1940, the largest publishing house Liesma (Flame) in the country was nationalized as a state-run entity called VAPP (Department of State Book Publishers and Polygraphic Enterprises). In Latvian VAPP is Valsts Apgādniecības un Poligrāfijas uzņēmumu Pārvaldes. From 1946-1964, VAPP was named Latgosizdat. For more information, see LATGOSIZDAT on this page.

PP 087: Glory to our brave Red Army that saved the independence of our homeland and won the victory for over the enemy!

PP 800: On the podium at Red Square in Moscow.

PP 829: I will vote for the Communist and Independent Bloc of Candidates!

PP 289: Glory to our Victorious [and] Heroic Army!

PP 765: Glory to the Soviet of the Latvian people who won victory over the forces of German and Japanese imperialist fascism!

PP 816: Laboring people of Soviet Latvia!
Vote for the candidates of the bloc of Communists and non-aligned parties!

PP 1056: [Pending translation (Без Перевода)]

PP 1092: Laboring people of Soviet Latvia! Vote for the candidates of the bloc of Communists and non-aligned February 10, (1946)

PP 478: I Will Become A Metal Worker!
[Lower text] Young men and women! Let’s help create powerful worker reserves for the Soviet State. Enroll in vocational colleges, railway colleges and the FZO (factory apprenticeship school).

PP 493: I will vote for candidates of the blocks of communists and of the unaligned!

PP 504: Long live the brotherly union and unbreakable friendship of the peoples of the USSR!