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Freedom for all African people!

Poster Number: PP 552
Category: Cold War
Media Size: 39.5x29
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: 1961
Editorial Information: Editor M. Iastrzhembskaia; Technical Editor A. Soboleva.
Technical Information on Poster: Approved for printing February 10, 1961. Print No. 1-582. Oder No. 180. Volume 1 sheet of paper. Price 10 kopeks.
Glavlit Directory Number: A-01607
Catalog Notes: PP 552 Cold War b
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