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Death to Hitlerism! Long live the freedom of nations!

Poster Number: PP 1068
Category: World War II
Poster Notes: The German spider is struck by a USSR bayonet piercing its helmet; the map has Polish and Slovakian cities; Artwork on this poster is dated April 1942; the poster was likely designed for the Soviet occupation of Poland during World War II.
Media Size: 36x25
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1944
Editorial Information: Editor E. Povolotskaia
Technical Information on Poster: Order No. 336
Catalog Notes: PP World War II c
Language: Polish
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: Gosplanizdat, Moscow — Госпланиздат, Москва
Formed in 1921 as the state planning commission, Gosplan carried out a unified program for the Soviet economy and it coordinated state-run economic regions. Gosplan had its own publishing and printing departments. Its printing division, Gosplanizdat (State Publishing House of the Economic, Planning and Accounting and Statistical Literature of the State Planning Committee of the USSR), was formed in the 1940s.
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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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