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Poster Number: PP 1132
Category: Industry
Poster Notes: Founded in 1921, Dniprobud was a government design organization and a construction entity (as of 1927) specializing in hydroelectric power plants and industrial projects. Dniprobud construction was established in Ukraine and specifically for the Dnieper Hydroelectric plant and other projects on the Dnieper River as well as for the developing Zaporizhia city (formerly Aleksandrovsk). The firm went on to build post-WWII projects into the 1960s.
Media Size: 44x30
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: c. 1928
Technical Information on Poster: Order No. 571; Price 1 Karb
Glavlit Directory Number: 1909 (621). Ukrgolovlit, city section of Glavlit in Kiev, Ukraine
Sources & Citation: Kubijovyc, V. (1984) Encyclopedia of Ukraine Volume I: A-F Plus Map and Gazetteer. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Catalog Notes: PP 1132 Industry b
Artist: Iasin, Lazar Davydovich — Ясин, Лазарь Давыдович
Artist: Gorbovets', Zinovii Isakovich — Горбовець, Зиновий Ісакович
Artist: Lomtev — Ломтев
Printer: UPP DVOU (Printing Industry Management/State Publishing Association of Ukraine) — УПП ГПОУ (Управление полиграф предприятиями/Государственное издательское объединение Украины)
The UPP (Printing Industry Management) managed the printers in cities around the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic carrying out jobs for the DVOU (State Publishing Association of Ukraine). In 1930, a resolution by the Ukrainian Central Committee created the DVOU making it the central administration for publications and literature distribution in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The DVOU replaced the DVU (State Publishing of Ukraine) that had been in existence since 1922.
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Publisher: Mistetstvo (Art Publishing House), Ukrainian SSR — Мистецтво (Искусство издательство Госкомиздата УССР)
Mistetstvo (Art Publishing House) was founded in Kharkov (Ukrainian SSR) between 1932-'34. It moved to Kiev in 1935. The publisher's chief output comprised of posters, portraits, artistic monographs and sheet music.
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