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The All-Union Population Census of 1939. It is the obligation of the citizen to participate in the census and give truthful answers to all questions on the census form.

Poster Number: PP 925
Category: Events
Poster Notes: The 1939 Soviet census is mired in historical debate as is its 1937 counterpart but the 1939 results were less deadly. Following the 1937 census, reportedly a host of workers in the Central Administration for National Economic Accounting (the agency handling the census) were arrested and/or executed after disagreement erupted over the low population findings. As a result, the 1939 census was strictly controlled when it came to the results. However, the 1939 statistics were not made public at the time and, the USSR did not undertake another census until 1959.
Media Size: 41x28.5
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: 1938
Editorial Information: Editor S.N. Golovin; Technical Editor I.A. Kaplun
Technical Information on Poster: Submitted for production October 22, 1938; Approved for printing October 23, 1938; Format 62x94 [cm] – 1 sheet; Order No. 2897; Second Printing; [Price] Free; Printed on an intaglio rotational machine at "Gudok" Typography Workshop, Moscow, 7 Stankevich Street
Glavlit Directory Number: B-8380. Mosoblgorlit, Moscow Regional and City Department of Literature and Publishing
Catalog Notes: PP 925 Events b
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Printer: Gudok Typography Workshop, Moscow — Типография Гудок, Москва
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Publisher: Izostat (All-Union Institute of Pictorial Statistics of Soviet Construction and Economy) — Изостат (Всесоюзный институт изобразительной статистики советского строительства и хозяйства)
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