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Kazak, which side are you on? Ours or theirs?

Poster Number: PP 125
Category: Civil War
Poster Notes:

(On coat of 1st figure)
Polish Gentleman
(On hat of 2nd figure)
Entente
(On paper of 2nd figure)
Debt Of The Tsar
(On coat of 3rd figure)
Rangel
(On hat of 4th figure)
General
(On coat of 5th figure)
Landlord
All the characterizations represent anti-Bolshevik forces.

Media Size: 31.5x25.5
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1920
Technical Information on Poster: No. 110
Sources & Citation: Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 262, poster 1191; Russian Revolutionary Posters by V. Polonskii (1925), page 151, poster 398
Catalog Notes: PP 125 Civil War
Artist: Moor (Orlov), Dmitrii Stakhievich — Моор (Орлов), Дмитрий Стахиевич
Dmitrii Stakhievich Moor (birth surname Orlov) was born into the family of a mining engineer and did not receive formal artistic education. After moving to Moscow in 1898, and between 1902 and 1906, he actively participated in the city’s revolutionary movement, specifically taking part in the failed 1905 Revolution. While working at the Anatolii Mamontov printing shop, he submitted his drawings to periodicals. In 1908, he began to publish his cartoons in satirical journals, namely in Budil'nik [Alarm Clock]. Wh...
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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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