Еврейский погром [Pogrom against Jews], illustrated poster printed for the 20th anniversary of the 1905 Revolution, Moscow, 1925. Design: Vasili Semenovich Svarog (Василий Семёнович Сварог).
Soviet propaganda poster marking the 20th anniversary of the 1905 Revolution, the attempt to bring down tsar Nikolai II's regime. The illustration by Russian artist Vasili Semenovich Svarog (1883-1946) depicts a pogrom. The poster quotes an article by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin denouncing the Kishinev Pogrom (the article was published in June 1903, shortly after the pogrom): "The reactionists […] quite knowingly, out of cold calculation, are inflaming a tribal religious struggle in order to distract the masses from a social and political protest". The quote, titled "Pogrom against the Jews", was printed in six languages – Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Armenian, Georgian and Persian.
95X61 cm (illustration and text printed on two conjoined sheets). Good condition. Minor stains. Several closed and open tears (restored). Linen-backed for display and preservation.