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Down with capital, long live the dictatorship of the proletariat! 1917 October 25th (November 7) 1920

Poster Number: PP 694
Category: Revolution
Poster Notes: [At top right] Workers of all countries, unite!; [At top left] R.S.F.S.R.
Media Size: 43.5x13.5
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1920
Editorial Information: Editor A. Piskarev
Technical Information on Poster: Publication No. 964
Sources & Citation: Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 155, poster 181
Catalog Notes: PP 694 Revolution
Artist: Mel'nikov, Dmitrii Ivanovich — Мельников, Дмитрий Иванович
Printer: 2nd State Typography Lithography Workshop, Moscow — 2-я Государственная Типография, Москва
The 2nd State Typography Lithography Workshop was located in Moscow at 9 Trekhprudnyi Lane. Prior to being nationalized, the workshop was the A.A. Levinson Partnership. Levenson's firm dates to 1881 when Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Levenson (1855-1922) acquired a speed press and began his printing operation. The firm expanded to 450 workers by 1913, and at one point, it operated six of Moscow's eighteen high-speed presses. During World War I, Levinson's business was subjugated under the Zemgorom (Chief Army Supply ...
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Publisher: State Publishing House, Moscow — Государственное издательство, Москва
In May 1919, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee created the State Publishing House of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), Moscow. The State Publishing House had its origins in Imperial Russia as the Royal Print Yard in St. Petersburg. As the Red Army controlled more provinces and cities in former Imperial Russia, the State Publishing House developed offices outside St. Petersburg. The State Publishing House, Moscow is sometimes cited in historical references as the "...
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