USSR in Construction No. 2, 1937
Date Made: 1937-02
Country: Russia; Soviet Union
Materials: paper; ink; metal
Measurements: .4 cm x 30 cm x 43 cm; 3/16 in x 11 13/16 in x 16 15/16 in
Front cover made by artist V.A. Favorsky from Tadjik Soviet Socialist Republic. The content is about the development of Tadjikstan with the support of Soviet, when Tadjikstan became Tadjik Soviet Socialist Republic. The presence of Stalin is important. It depicts the cotton industry (The Tadjik Republic was the first in the Soviet Union to complete its cotton plan), flower fields, their prosperous collective farm system, road construction, Mineral industry, the bravery of frontier guards, women being freed from their traditional role, the cultivation of younger generation and also the art scene including drama, music, dance etc.
Accession Number: 2024.056.012