EZGB (State Paper Procurement Expedition)
ЭЗГБ (Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг)
EZGB (Ekspeditsiia Zagotovleniia Gosudarstvennykh Bumag) was the State Paper Procurement Expedition (A.K.A. Department of State Currency). The entity administrated the printing of currency and securities for the Imperial Government. EZGB traces its history to 1818 when the State Paper Procurement Expedition was organized by Decree of Emperor Alexander I. In 1919, EZGB was nationalized by the Soviets and transferred to the People's Commissariat of Finance where it was re-named the General Directorate for the Production of State Marks (Goznak).
![PP 440: Curses, curses on Polish landlords!
Death and shame on perpetrators of violence!
Comrades-brothers, hurry and take up your rifles
to launch the last counter-attack against them!
[Partial translation]](https://www.posterplakat.com/thumbs/the-collection/posters/pp-440/pp440-200x127.jpg)
![PP 444: [Top margin left]
D.V.R. (Far Eastern Republic)
[Top margin right]](https://www.posterplakat.com/thumbs/the-collection/posters/pp-444/pp444-200x300.jpg)
![PP 928: The Red Plowman.
Languishing in slavery, Red Plowman,
You were ruled by the tsars,
But you overthrow them with your powerful arms
And ventured into the field before dawn.
Applying yourself with powerful arms
And, where you poured out your blood,
Where slavery reigned for centuries,
You plow the unbroken virgin soil.
[Partial translation]](https://www.posterplakat.com/thumbs/the-collection/posters/pp-928/pp-928-catalog-image-200x118.jpg)
Sources & Citations
Voznesenskij, S. V., & Smekalova, T. N. (2009). Pervye sto let istorii Ekspedicii Zagotovleniia Gosudarstvennych Bumag: 1818-1918 gg. Sankt-Peterburg: Nestor-Istorija.
Goznak.ru (history of EZGB)