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Altgubpolitprosvet (Political Education Department of Altai Province)

Алтгуполитпросвет (Алтайска губерния политическое просвещение)

Altgubpolitprosvet (Altaiskaiia guberniia politicheskoe prosveshchenie) was the Altai provincial section of Glavpolitprosvet (Main Committee for Political Education) that directed propaganda dissemination and political education. The publisher was located in the city of Barnaul, the administrative center of Altai province.

Sources & Citations

Harrison, R.W. (2010). Architect of Soviet Victory in World War II: The Life and Theories of G.S. Isserson. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. (p. 46, December 1917 Soviet incursion into Barnaul cited)
advantour.com (History of Barnaul from 1917 to 1925)
guides.eastview.com (In 1917, Russia’s Provisional Government reapportioned the southern part of Tomsk Province to form Altai Province. Its admin. center was Barnaul)