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Young proletarians to Enlightenment and Knowledge! [Partial translation]

Poster Number: PP 1171
Poster Notes: [Top of poster] "R.S.F.S.R., Workers of the world, unite!"
Media Size: 30x23
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1920
Technical Information on Poster: Publication No. 892
Sources & Citation: Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B. S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 161, poster 229
Catalog Notes: PP 1171 Education & Literacy
Artist: I.T. — И.Т.
The artist's initials are documented in a Soviet-era publication as "I.T." however a visual inspection of the poster indicates the initials are likely "B.T." While not verified, the artist might be Timofei Boichuk. See Boichuk, Timofei.
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Printer: 1st State Typo-lithography Workshop, Moscow (formerly Sytin) — 1-я Государственная типо-литография, Москва (до Сытина)
The 1st State Typo-lithography Workshop began as the Sharapov-Sytin Partnership in the era before the Russian Revolution. Ivan Dmitrievich Sytin (1851-1934) was the son of a peasant from the Kostroma region northeast of Moscow. In the 1860s, Sytin worked in Moscow as an apprentice and then as the manager for a printing shop owned by Peter Nikolaevich Sharapov. In 1879, Sytin opened his own printing shop in Moscow using a single press. By the start of ...
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Publisher: State Publishing House, Moscow — Государственное издательство, Москва
In May 1919, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee created the State Publishing House of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), Moscow. The State Publishing House had its origins in Imperial Russia as the Royal Print Yard in St. Petersburg. As the Red Army controlled more provinces and cities in former Imperial Russia, the State Publishing House developed offices outside St. Petersburg. The State Publishing House, Moscow is sometimes cited in historical references as the "...
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