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Long live the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, the Lenin-Stalin party that is the inspirer and organizer of our victories!

Poster Number: PP 238
Category: Stalin
Media Size: 44x31
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: c.1950
Editorial Information: Editor R. Dzenis.
Technical Information on Poster: Publication No. 440. Order No. 5372. Price 1 ruble 50 kopeks.
Glavlit Directory Number: IaT08185.
Catalog Notes: PP 238 Stalin b
Artist: Gelberg, Sеmion Aronovich (Gelbergs, Semjons) — Гельберг, Семен Аронович
Printer: LPT Typography, Riga —
Publisher: Latgosizdat (Latvian State Publishing House) — Латгосиздат (Латвийское государственное издательство)
Until World War II, Latvia had thriving publishing and printing industries. Between Soviet annexation in 1940 and the German occupation in 1941, Lativa's position as a European publishing hub drastically changed. Around 1940 Lativa's largest publisher, Liesma (Flame), was nationalized during Soviet annexation. The publisher became VAPP (Department of State Book Publishers and Polygraphic Enterprises) and was controlled as a state-run entity. From 1946-1964, VAPP was named Latgosizdat and in 1965, the publisher was re-named Liesma. It specialized in ...
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