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Soviet women patriots, let's be active participants in the Red Cross!

Poster Number: PP 150
Category: Women
Poster Notes: This poster was produced by the Executive Committee of the Union of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Media Size: 39x28
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1948
Editorial Information: Editor N. I. Sharonov: Technical Editor V.I. Artamonov
Technical Information on Poster: Submitted for printing August 31, 1948; Volume 1 sheet of paper; Format 60 x 92, order No. 2152; Price 75 kopeks
Glavlit Directory Number: A07038
Catalog Notes: PP 150 Women
Artist: Koretskii, Viktor Borisovich (Koretsky, Victor) — Корецкий, Виктор Борисович
Of the photomontage poster artists of the 20th century, Viktor Borisovich Koretskii stands out as one of the most iconic. His prolific career in the Soviet Union began in the 1930s and ended in the 1980s, and his unique artistic style influenced generations of graphic artists. From 1921 to 1929, Viktor Koretskii attended the Moscow Secondary School of Professional Art, and by 1931 he was working as a professional graphic designer. Koretskii perfected his own technique of photomontage ...
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Printer: Gudok Typography Workshop, Moscow — Типография Гудок, Москва
Gudok is the Russian word for whistle and it was also the name given to the railway industry newspaper in the Soviet Union. The newspaper's printing workshop was in Moscow at 7 Stankevich Street (formerly Voznesenskii Lane), a street named after Alexander Stankevich (1821-1912), the Russian writer, biographer and publisher. From the end of the nineteenth century until 1918, the location served as the printing house and editorial offices of the liberal newspaper "Russian News" (...
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Publisher: Union of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the USSR — Союз обществ Красного Креста и Красного Полумесяца СССР
As early as 1867, Imperial Russia had a relief society to primarily assist members of the military. In 1921, the International Red Cross recognized the Soviet Red Cross Society of Moscow as the singular Red Cross office in Russia at the time. By 1923, an amalgamation of the Union of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the USSR took place. The merger incorporated 11 Red Cross societies along with four Red Crescent societies in the Soviet Republics. Activities ...
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