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Fulfill the seven-year plan!

Poster Number: PP 174
Category: Workers
Poster Notes: Primer Nikita Khrushchev ushered-in the Seven-Year Plan (1959 to 1965) as a priority for increasing the industries of chemicals, housing, coal production, and agriculture. As a result, Sixth Five-Year Plan (1956 to 1960) was abandoned.
Media Size: 41x29
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: 1959
Editorial Information: Editor G. Shchetkin. Technical Editor A. Soboleva.
Technical Information on Poster: January 21, 1959. Publication No. _ _1046. Volume 1 sheet of paper. Order No. 61. Price 1 ruble.
Glavlit Directory Number: Sh-02220
Catalog Notes: PP 174 Workers b
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