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[The United States is] Marching too far – Their heads will be broken!

Poster Number: PP 124
Category: Cold War
Poster Notes: This poster is oversized. (Written on seals) "Seal of a free world for Turkey, Greece and Iran". U.S. military police boots are straddling Turkey, Greece and Iran, three nations in the post-war era where U.S. influence was strong.
Media Size: 72x26
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1961
Editorial Information: Editor K. Nazarova
Technical Information on Poster: Submitted for printing November 19, 1961; Order 2812; Price 15 kopeks
Glavlit Directory Number: A09088
Catalog Notes: PP 124 Cold War (oversized)
Artist: Dolgorukov, Nikolai Andreevich — Долгоруков, Николай Андреевич
In 1928, Nikolai Andreevich Dolgorukov moved from his native Ekaterinburg to Moscow to attend VKhUTEIN (Higher State Artistic and Technical Institute). After that organization dissolved in 1930, Dolgorukov continued his studies at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute under the tutelage of artists Lev Bruni and Dimitri Moor. Dolgorukov's training was in illustrated political satire as well as in poster design, and each area became the main focus of his long career. After graduation, he collaborated with fellow poster ...
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Printer: 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop named for A. A. Zhdanov, Moscow — 1-я Образцовая типография им. А.А. Жданова
The 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop was named in honor of Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov (1896-1948), a Soviet military leader and a senior member of the Politburo who died in 1948. Reportedly, Andrei Zhdanov controlled the atomic espionage division of the USSR and he was Josef Stalin's closest confidant. Historically, the 1st Exemplary Typography Workshop began as the Sharapov-Sytin Partnerhip, a printing workshop formed before the Russian Revolution. Ivan Dmitrievich Sytin (1851-1934) was the son of a peasant. ...
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Publisher: Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist), Moscow — Советский художник, Москва
Sovietskii Khudozhnik (Soviet Artist) was a publishing house that chiefly served the Artists’ Union of the USSR. The publishing house was founded in Moscow in 1946 and it turned out illustrated monographs on contemporary artists and collections. It also published art reproductions, postcards and art books, art catalogs, brochures and posters. During a reorganization of the publishing sector in the USSR in 1964, Soviet Artist merged with Izogiz, the fine arts section of Ogiz (Association of the St...
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