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May our nation live long and may there be prosperity in our motherland! --J. Stalin.

Poster Number: PP 151
Category: Stalin
Media Size: 39x28
Poster Type: Offset
Publishing Date: 1949
Editorial Information: Editor A. Druzhkov.
Technical Information on Poster: February 18, 1949. Publication No. 4632. Volume 1 sheet of paper. Order No. 5761. Price 1 ruble.
Glavlit Directory Number: A02868.
Catalog Notes: PP 151 Stalin b
Artist: Golub’, Petr Semenovich — Голубь, Петр Семенович
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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: Iskusstvo (Art Publishing House), Moscow-Leningrad — Искусство, Москва-Ленинград
Iskusstvo was the Art Publishing House (A.K.A. Visual Arts Publishing) that was created in 1936 from Ogiz-Izogiz (State Art and Literature Publishing House). It disseminated books and journals dealing with graphic design and the fine arts, and it issued numerous posters. Since the Iskusstvo banner was part of the State Printing Works in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Moscow, its two main offices were located in those two cities.
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