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Volunteers of the Naval Fleet, get in line to be a member!

Poster Number: PP 802
Category: Military
Poster Notes: [On sailor's cap and booklet]: "DOSFLOT" (All-Soviet Volunteer Auxiliary Association for the USSR Fleet).
Media Size: 35x25.5
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: 1951
Editorial Information: Artistic Editor V. Kovalev; Technical Editor M. Berga.
Technical Information on Poster: Publication [and] Order No. 4271-Mk 226; Typography 755; Paper format 61 x 86; Volume 1 sheet of paper, 0.95 conditional sheets of paper; Price 1 ruble 50 kopeks.
Glavlit Directory Number: JT 00655
Catalog Notes: PP 802 Military b
USSR Region: Latvian SSR
Language: Latvian
Artist: Predel, Ulrich (Prēdelis, Uldis) — Предель, Улдис
Printer: LRTPP Typography, Riga —
Publisher: Latgosizdat (Latvian State Publishing House) — Латгосиздат (Латвийское государственное издательство)
Until World War II, Latvia had thriving publishing and printing industries. Between Soviet annexation in 1940 and the German occupation in 1941, Lativa's position as a European publishing hub drastically changed. Around 1940 Lativa's largest publisher, Liesma (Flame), was nationalized during Soviet annexation. The publisher became VAPP (Department of State Book Publishers and Polygraphic Enterprises) and was controlled as a state-run entity. From 1946-1964, VAPP was named Latgosizdat and in 1965, the publisher was re-named Liesma. It specialized in ...
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