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For the sake of a happy anniversary! I’m voting for a happy youth!

Poster Number: PP 685
Category: Events
Poster Notes: [On the calendar] February 14, 1947
Media Size: 31x24
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1947
Editorial Information: Editor A. Orlov
Technical Information on Poster: Order No. 5446; Price 3 rubles
Glavlit Directory Number: КL 08210
Catalog Notes: PP 685 Events
USSR Region: Tajik SSR
Language: Tajik
Additional Languages: Russian
Artist: Usmonov, Kh. — Усмонов, Х.
Printer: Stalinabad Printing Plant, [Dushanbe, Tajikistan] — Сталинабад Полиграфкомбинат, [Душанбе, Таджикистан]
The Stalinabad Printing Plant was a state-owned entity in Dushanbe, the capital city of the Tajik Autonomous (and later) Soviet Socialist Republic. In October 1929, the name of Dushanbe was changed to Stalinabad in honor of Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), leader of the Soviet Union. The city grew rapidly during the Soviet-era and was an industrial base for many years. The city was re-named Dushanbe in 1961. It is currently the capital and the largest city in Tajikistan.
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Publisher: State Publishing House, Tajik SSR — Государственное издательство, Таджикская ССР
The State Publishing House had its origins in Imperial Russia as the Royal Print Yard in St. Petersburg. As the Red Army controlled more provinces and cities in former Imperial Russia, the State Publishing House developed offices outside St. Petersburg. The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (A.K.A. Tajik SSR) was located in Central Asia and was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1991.
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