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Woe to the capitalist, we will drive him into the Black Sea

Poster Number: PP 592
Category: Civil War
Poster Notes: [On the water] Black Sea
Media Size: 40x27.5
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: c.1920
Sources & Citation: Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 334, poster 1905
Catalog Notes: PP 592 Civil War b
Artist: Kochergin, Nikolai Mikhailovich — Кочергин, Николай Михайлович
In the history of Soviet political posters, Nikolai Mikhailovich Kochergin is considered one of its pioneers. In 1918, Kochergin graduated from the Stroganov Central Industrial Art College where he later ventured into the professional world of graphic design. During the Russian Civil War, he supervised a poster publishing house and workshop in Kharkov, Ukraine. He was also one of the primary organizers of the Baku, Azerbaijan ROSTA (Russian Telegraph Agency) artist group that circulated posters throughout ...
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Printer: M. I. Levin Chromolithography and Typography, Kharkov [Ukraine] —
Publisher: Publisher not indicated —