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Fifty years of labor victories 1922 – 1972

Poster Number: PP 778
Category: Workers
Media Size: 45х30
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: 1972
Editorial Information: Editor T. Tkachenko; Art Editor A. Burkatovskii; Technical Editor L. Pchurova
Technical Information on Poster: Submitted for printing August 3, 1972; Format 70 x 108; Paper 120 gram; Volume 1 sheet of paper; Order No. 891; Price 10 kopeks; Publication No 5/13-1996; 8-2-2 1972
Glavlit Directory Number: A 10055
Catalog Notes: PP 778 Workers b
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Printer: Sovkino (Soviet Cinema) Typolithograhy — Типо-литография Совкино
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Publisher: Planeta (Planet), Moscow — Планета
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