Death to the stranglers and oppressors of workers and peasants! Battle for the Volga [and] Battle for bread for the starving!
Poster Number: PP 322
Category: Revolution
Poster Notes: This poster likely dates to the summer of 1919 when the Red Army fought the White Army in the Volga Region. Written on flag: RSFSR [Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic].
Media Size: 41x28
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1919
Technical Information on Poster: Year 1919
Sources & Citation: Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 313, poster 1704
Catalog Notes: PP 322 Revolution
Artist: Kiselis, Petr Yul’evich (Yur’evich) — Киселис, Пётр Юльевич (Юрьевич)
Petr Yul’evich Kiselis was born in what is now is the Republic of Lithuania. In 1906, he attended courses at the Central School of Technical Drawing, a school managed by artist Barron Aleksander Stieglitz. Kiselis continued his studies between 1907 and 1908 at the Drawing School Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. From 1910 to 1912, he again enrolled (under the surname Kissel) in the Central School of Technical Drawing. From 1913 to 1916 (under the surname Kisselisov) he atte...
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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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