Day of the Wounded Red Army Soldier
Poster Number: PP 613
Category: Civil War
Poster Notes: Poster supports 1919 charity benefit for wounded Red Army soldiers. The benefit was later called "Wounded and Sick Soldier Week" by the end of 1919; [Banner hanging on building] "Public Commissariat Social Support Residence for Disabled."; [Top margin] Workers of the world, unite! Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic
Media Size: 42x29.5
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: c.1920
Editorial Information: Bottom of poster reads: "Anyone removing or covering over this poster is committing a counter-revolutionary act".
Technical Information on Poster: No. 56.
Sources & Citation: Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 253, poster 1089
Catalog Notes: PP 613 Civil War b
Artist: Apsit, Aleksandr Petrovich (Apsītis, Aleksandrs) — Апситис, Александр Петрович
Alexandr Petrovich Apsit grew up amidst dire poverty and yet he received free instruction under the tutelage of the Saint-Petersburg painter, Lev Dmitriev-Kavkazskii. By 1902, Apsit was noticed by the popular journals, including Rodina [Motherland], Zvezda [Star], and Niva, for which he produced sketches. He also illustrated the publications of writings by A.M. Gorkii, N.S. Leskov, and A.P. Chekhov, as well as those by D. Bedny, I.S. Nikritin, and M.E. S...
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Publisher: Litizdat (Literary and Publishing Department of the Political Directorate of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic) — Литиздат (Литературно-издательский отдел политического управления РВСР)
Litizdat (Literaturno-izdatel'skii otdel politicheskogo upravleniia RVSR) was established in June 1919 by order of the Department of the Political Directorate (PUR) of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (RVSR). A formal decree approved its existence in October that year. Due to the hierarchy of Litizdat's formation, its title is often abbreviated as Litizdat PUR RVSR on publications it issued. As the main publishing arm for the Red Army and the Red Navy, Litizdat distributed a ...
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