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Our first decree

Poster Number: PP 162
Category: Revolution
Poster Notes: On the flyer it reads "Decree concerning peace" and on the flag is reads "All power to the Soviets!"
Media Size: 48x34
Poster Type: Offset
Publishing Date: 1952
Editorial Information: Editor O. Legran
Technical Information on Poster: [Approved] July 4, 1952; Publication No. 9981;Volume 1 sheet of paper; Order No. 311-D; Price 1 ruble
Glavlit Directory Number: A05367
Catalog Notes: PP 162 Revolution
Artist: Kokorekin, Aleksei Alekseevich — Кокорекин, Алексей Алексеевич
Aleksei Alekseevich Kokorekin was born in a part of Russian Empire that was on the border of the Ottoman Empire. He began is studies in the cites of Krasnodar and Poltava. In 1918, Kokorekin attended the Krasnodar School of Painting and Sculpture where he graduated in 1927. From 1927 to 1929, Kokorekin attended the Kuban' Art and Pedagogical School in Krasnodar. While living in Krasnodar, he worked both as a poster designer and a decorator for the town theater. ...
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Printer: Printing plant named for Dunaev, [Moscow] — Типография имени Дунаева, [Москва]
The Dunaev printing plant was located at 9 Bolshaia Polianka in Moscow. Headquartered inside the former Menert Brothers printing plant, during the 1920s, the firm was named in honor of the Bolshevik leader Evlampii Dunaev (1877-1919) who served as assistant chairman of the Soviet of Nizhny Novgorod. Dunaev was also a member of the provisioning committee and he served on the Nizhny Novgorod Council of Local Economy. During the Civil War, he reportedly died from typhus. ...
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Publisher: Iskusstvo (Art Publishing House), Moscow — Искусство, Москва
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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