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А tale about the Cossack Erem, who was captured by the Bolsheviks. [Partial translation]

Poster Number: PP 1122
Category: Civil War
Poster Notes: Top of poster reads "Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic" and "Workers of the World, Unite!".
Media Size: 28x21
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: c.1918
Technical Information on Poster: Poster No. 2 of 33
Sources & Citation: Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 312, poster 1691
Catalog Notes: PP 1122 Civil War c
Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник
The artist's name on the poster is not indicated. By assigning Artist Unknown to a poster it also could mean the artist used a chop mark whereby no signature is seen thus rendering the artist's identity anonymous.
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Publisher: Litizdat (Literary and Publishing Department of the Political Directorate of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic) — Литиздат
Litizdat (Literaturno-izdatel'skii otdel politicheskogo upravleniia RVSR) was established in June 1919 by order of the Department of the Political Directorate (PUR) of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (RVSR). A formal decree approved its existence in October that year. Due to the hierarchy of Litizdat's formation, its title is often abbreviated as Litizdat PUR RVSR on publications it issued. As the main publishing arm for the Red Army and the Red Navy, Litizdat distributed a ...
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