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The black vultures are preparing an armed attack on the USSR. Proletarian – be on guard! "KPSS – (Communist party of the Soviet Union) – peace, labor, freedom, equality, brotherhood and happiness."

Poster Number: PP 092
Media Size: 43x26
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1930
Technical Information on Poster: Izogiz No. 39505; [Printed at] 3 Mir Street
Glavlit Directory Number: 54759. Oblaslit, Leningrad regional section of Glavlit
Catalog Notes: PP 092 Communist Culture
Artist: Moor (Orlov), Dmitrii Stakhievich — Моор (Орлов), Дмитрий Стахиевич
Dmitrii Stakhievich Moor (birth surname Orlov) was born into the family of a mining engineer and did not receive formal artistic education. After moving to Moscow in 1898, and between 1902 and 1906, he actively participated in the city’s revolutionary movement, specifically taking part in the failed 1905 Revolution. While working at the Anatolii Mamontov printing shop, he submitted his drawings to periodicals. In 1908, he began to publish his cartoons in satirical journals, namely in Budil'nik [Alarm Clock]. Wh...
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Printer: State Lithography Workshop named for M. Tomskii, Leningrad — Государственная литография им. М. Томского, Ленинград
The State Lithography Workshop named for M. Tomskii was located at Kronverkskaia and Mir Streets in Leningrad (Petrograd). The workshop was named in honor of Mikhail Pavlovich Tomskii (1880-1936), head of the Soviet trade union and the head of the State Publishing House. Historically, the large printing operation was founded in 1881 by Theodore Kibbel (Fedor Fyodorovich Kibbel). Shortly after the printer was nationalized by the Soviets, it became the 1st State Lithography Workshop, and in 1924 ...
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Publisher: State Publishing House, Moscow-Leningrad — Государственное издательство, Москва-Ленинград
For backstory, please see the entries for State Publishing House, Moscow and State Publishing House.
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