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For Red Petrograd! For Red Finland!

Poster Number: PP 437
Category: Civil War
Poster Notes:

[Above the flag]
Workers of all countries unite!
[On the flag]
RSFSR

Media Size: 45.5х32
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: c.1919
Sources & Citation: Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 540, poster 1140
Catalog Notes: PP 437 Civil War b
Artist: Arraf, Jirri (Arrak, Siri) —
Printer: Printer not indicated —
Publisher: Litizdat (Literary and Publishing Department of the Political Directorate of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic) — Литиздат (Литературно-издательский отдел политического управления РВСР)
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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