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On every dollar there is a piece of dirt, income from sale of weapons... On each dollar there is a trace of blood. -- [Vladimir] Lenin

Poster Number: PP 292
Poster Notes: (On road signs) "To China, to Iran, to Indonesia, to Greece, to Turkey".
Media Size: 39.5x27.5
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1949
Editorial Information: Editor E. Povolotskaia
Technical Information on Poster: March 30, 1949; Publication No. 8675; Volume 2 sheets of paper; Order No. 424; Price 1 ruble
Glavlit Directory Number: A03754
Catalog Notes: PP 292 Communist Culture b
Artist: Dolgorukov, Nikolai Andreevich — Долгоруков, Николай Андреевич
In 1928, Nikolai Andreevich Dolgorukov moved from his native Ekaterinburg to Moscow to attend VKhUTEIN (Higher State Artistic and Technical Institute). After that organization dissolved in 1930, Dolgorukov continued his studies at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute under the tutelage of artists Lev Bruni and Dimitri Moor. Dolgorukov's training was in illustrated political satire as well as in poster design, and each area became the main focus of his long career. After graduation, he collaborated with fellow poster ...
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Printer: Iskra Revolutsii (Revolutionary Spark) Typography Workshop, Moscow — Типография Искра революции, Москва
Iskra Revolutsii was a Moscow printer that was also known as the 15th Iskra Revolutsii Typography Workshop. Over the decades, the printer was under a host of printing trusts such as Soiuzpoligrafprom (All-Union Association of Printing Enterprises) that handed jobs for the state publisher Glavizdat (Main Administration of Publishing Houses, Printing Industry and Book Trade). Iskra Revolutsii was also managed by Glavpoligrafizdat (Main Administration for Matters of Polygraphic Industry Publishing and Book Selling), a trust ...
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Publisher: Iskusstvo (Art Publishing House), Moscow-Leningrad — Искусство, Москва-Ленинград
Iskusstvo was the Art Publishing House (A.K.A. Visual Arts Publishing) that was created in 1936 from Ogiz-Izogiz (State Art and Literature Publishing House). It disseminated books and journals dealing with graphic design and the fine arts, and it issued numerous posters. Since the Iskusstvo banner was part of the State Printing Works in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Moscow, its two main offices were located in those two cities.
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