Artist: NIKOLAI ANDREEVICH DOLGORUKOV (1902-1980)
Size: 28 3/8 x 40 1/4 in./72 x 102.2 cm
Condition: B+/ Slight tears at edges.
Printer:
Reference: REF: Building the Collective, 84

Transport Workers. 1931.
Trained as an artist, Dolgorukov really started his career as a posterist in the early 1930s and would continue to promote and inspire Soviet life under Stalin. He also contributed drawings and illustrations to the magazine Pravda, ultimately being named an Honored Art Worker in 1963 by the Russian Federation. In this poster, he shows the skilled hands of a Russian worker building a plan for the railroad. The large text reads, “Transport worker, armed with technical knowledge, fight for the reconstruction of transport,” while above in small print it says, “There isn’t a power in the world that the Bolsheviks couldn’t beat. [Fulfill the Five-Year Plan in four years.” There were many so-called “Five Year Plans” throughout the history of the Soviet Union, all aimed at rapid internal expansion in order to boost the Soviet economy. This poster was created during the first of thirteen such plans, which focused particularly on the development of heavy industry in Russia, and actually was completed a year ahead of schedule.