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Poster Plakat

Kalinin City Poligrafkombinat of Sovnarkhoz of the RSFSR

Калининский полиграфический комбинат Московского совнархоза Верховного Совета РСФСР

The Poligrafkombinat (printing plant) of Kalinin was the printer for Sovnarkhoz RSFSR (the Regional Council of National Economy of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic). Sovnarkhoz was an economic reorganization that came about in 1957 when over 100 "economic regions" were created in the USSR to localize and reduce the inordinate role of state administered, top-down economics. The printer was located at 5 Lenin Avenue (formerly Voroshilov Street) in the city of Kalinin (Tver) northwest of Moscow.

PP 037: Glory to the Defenders of October! PP 041: To the Power of the Soviets. Their Union Was Forged in the Fire of October! PP 093: KPSS (Communist Party of the Soviet Union) PP 099: From communist Saturday volunteers to building communism! PP 123: To Communism! In one group toward a common goal! PP 163: Long live the forty-first anniversary of October! PP 177: Glory to Labor! PP 187: Long live the friendship of the peoples of the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic! PP 272: Higher, Farther, Faster! PP 514: USSR - Vietnam. The distance is far but our hearts are close! PP 516: Long live Czechoslovakian-Soviet friendship! PP 518: Long live Soviet-Vietnamese friendship! PP 519: Let’s strengthen Soviet-Mongolian friendship! PP 522: Serve your motherland excellently! PP 529: To live, study and fight as the great Lenin asked. PP 585: The advantages of science, advanced experience and new techniques for agricultural industry! PP 656: A Pioneer’s tie burns bright and with its three corners is the slogan: great friendship with Komsomol and the Party, the link between three generations is solid as granite! PP 676: The Soviet Union is fighting for peace in the front lines and is leading the nations toward a bright future! PP 739: March 16th. Vote! PP 834: Armor robust, motors strong – Tankers guard the country of the Soviets! PP 906: The ideas of Leninism are triumphing! PP 930: We will be worthy companions of the seven-year plan! PP 1031: The All-Union Population Census Begins on January 15, 1959 It is every citizen’s duty to complete the census and give accurate answers to all questions on the census form. [Partial translation] PP 1059: We should judge for ourselves. Citizens are obliged without exception to participate in justice and in the governance of the country. --V. I. Lenin PP 1061: To you, Motherland – our bread from the Virgin Lands! PP 1065: Agriculture for the Seven-Year Plan - 1,000,000 Tractors! PP 1124: Good Welcome!

Sources & Citations

Palmowski, J., & Riches, C. (2016). A dictionary of contemporary world history, fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Kalinin City changed to Tver in 1990)
Kibita, N. (2013). Soviet economic management under Khrushchev: the Sovnarkhoz reform. London: Routledge. (sovnarkhoz implementation, pp. 3, 69, 124, 139)

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