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Long Live the Third Communist International!

Poster Number: PP 091
Category: Events
Poster Notes: Poster was likely created for the Third World Congress held in Moscow during the summer of 1921. (On the flag) "Long Live The 3rd Communist International!", in English, German, Italian and French languages. (On the publisher's key) "Knowledge is Power RSFSR".
Media Size: 35x29
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: c.1921
Sources & Citation: Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 173, poster 309; Russian Revolutionary Posters by V. Polonskii (1925), page 134, poster 165
Catalog Notes: PP 091 Events
Language: Multilingual
Artist: Ivanov, Sergei Ivanovich — Иванов, Сергей Иванович
Printer: A.F. Marks Lithography Workshop — Типография Адольф Фёдорович Марксъ
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 ...
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Publisher: State Publishing House, Peterburg [St. Petersburg, Russia] — Государственное издательство, петербург
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.
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