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Go to the cooperative! [Partial translation]

Poster Number: PP 1186
Category: Industry
Poster Notes: Text on poster is by the Ukrainian poet and writer Volodimir Sosiura (1898-1965).
Media Size: 29.5x23
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: c.1922
Sources & Citation:

Struk, D. H. (1984). Encyclopedia of Ukraine Volume 5. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. (bio on Sosiura)
Paramonov, A. (2020). Ulitsy starogo Khar'kova. Glagoslav Publications. (e-book, section on the history of Rybnaia Street)

Catalog Notes: PP 1186 Industry b
USSR Region: Ukrainian SSR
Language: Ukrainian
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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Printer: 2nd State Artistic Lithography, Kharkov — 2-я государственная Художественная литография, Харьков
Little information is available on history of the 2nd State Artistic Lithography in Kharkov. During the period the printer was in operation, Kharkov was the capital city (until 1934) of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic In 1923, the name of Rybnaia Street (where the printer was based) was changed to "Cooperative Street". From 1936 to 1953 it bore the name "Lavrentiy Beria" in honor of the director of the Soviet internal police. During World War ...
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