Sergei Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian and Soviet painter and a graphic artist. Ivanov studied at the Stroganov Central School of Industrial Art from 1897 to 1907. From 1907 to 1916, he continued his education at MUZhVZ (Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture). Early in his career, the artist painted portraits of actors and he created designs for scenery and costumes for the theatrical productions of the Second Studio of the Moscow Art Theater, the Bolshoi Theater, and ...

The A.F. Marks'' Partnership Artistic Printing Office was located in St. Petersburg at 29 Izmailovskii Avenue. Founded in 1881 by the printer and publisher, Adolf Fedorovich Marks (1838-1904), the firm published the weekly journal Niva in addition to other literature. In 1916, Moscow publishing mogul Ivan Sytin purchased a controlling interest in its ownership. The Partnership was nationalized (in late 1920) and placed under Gosizdat, the state publisher. In 1922, the printer was placed under Petropechat', a state-owned trust ...

The State Publishing House had its origins in Imperial Russia as the Royal Print Yard in St. Petersburg. The Soviets nationalized the print yard in 1917 and requisitioned its presses. Out of the requisitioning emerged the Publishing House of the Petrograd (St. Petersburg) Soviet formed in the winter of 1917 by the Literary and Publishing Department of People's Commissariat for Education.