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You have not forgotten the City Soviet elections?

Poster Number: PP 1203
Category: Events
Poster Notes: "City Soviet" was the term used for a city council in the USSR. Considering this poster was printed in Omsk, it is likely the elections announced were held in that Siberian city.
Media Size: 29x21
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1927
Glavlit Directory Number: 26. Okrlit Omsk, district section of Glavlit
Catalog Notes: PP 1203 Events b
Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник
The artist's name on the poster is not indicated. By assigning Artist Unknown to a poster it also could mean the artist used a chop mark whereby no signature is seen thus rendering the artist's identity anonymous.
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Printer: Typolithography of Rabochee Put' (Working Way), [Omsk] — Типолитография Рабочий путь, [Омск]
As early as 1921, the newspaper Rabochee Put' (Working Way) served as the organ of the Omsk Provincial Executive Committee of the Communist Party. The daily newspaper was printed in Omsk at 19 Lenin Street. It is unclear however if the Omsk paper was connected to the Petrograd (St. Petersburg) newspaper of the same name that was founded in 1917.
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