1917-1927 The work of ideologically based education. [Partial translation]
Poster Number: PP 623
Category: Education & Literacy
Poster Notes: [On banner above solder]. “It’s impossible to build a communist society in a country of illiterates.” --Lenin; This poster propagates not only the October Revolution but also the likbez campaign. Likbez (likvidatsiia bezgramotnosti) was a program to "liquidate illiteracy" in the U.S.S.R. It started in 1919 when Vladimir Lenin signed the decree "On eradication of illiteracy". From that point, Russians ages 8 to 50 years were required to be literate in their native language.
Media Size: 32x25.5
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1927
Technical Information on Poster: Order No. 2803.
Print Run: 10,000
Glavlit Directory Number: 93609
Catalog Notes: PP 623 Education & Literacy
Artist: A.Kh.R.R. (Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia) — А.Х.Р.Р. (Ассоциация художников революционной России)
The Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia was an artist cooperative from 1922-1928. From 1928-1932 it was named the Association of Artists of the Revolution. See bio for A.Kh.R.
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Printer: 1st Exemplary Gosizdat Typolithography Workshop, Moscow — 1-я Образцовая типография Госиздата, Москва
The 1st Exemplary Gosizdat Typolithography Workshop was located in Moscow at 28 Valovaia Street. Historically, the workshop began as the Sharapov-Sytin Partnerhip in the era prior to the Russian Revolution. Ivan Dmitrievich Sytin (1851-1934) was the son of a peasant. He opened a small print shop in Moscow using a single press and by the start of the 20th century his printing business (at Valovaia and Piatnitskaia streets) was the largest private printing company in tsarist ...
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Publisher: A.Kh.R.R. (Association of Arts of Revolutionary Russia) — А.Х.Р.Р. (Ассоциация художников революционной России)
The Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia was an artist cooperative from 1922-1928. From 1928-1932 it was named the Association of Artists of the Revolution.
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