TЯЖEЛAЯ ИHДУCTPИЯ CCCP : A3ИATCKAЯ ЧACTEЙ. ПPEДПPИЯTИЯ H.K.T.П. HA 1 ЯHBAPЯ 1935 Г. И3 AHИE BCECOЮ3HOГO KAPTOГPAФИЧECKOГO TPECTA И ГA3ETЫ "3A ИHДУCTPИAЛИ3AЦИЮ". Kapтa cocтaвлeнa и oфopмлeнa 2-й Kapтoгpaфичecкoй фaбpикoй BKT, 1934. Oтпeчaтaнo Mocкoвcкoй литoгpaфиeй Kapтoтpecтa, 1934.

Map of the Asian part of the USSR, featuring heavy industry. Edition of the All-Union Cartographic Trust Newspapers for Industrialization. Compiled and designed by the 2nd Cartographic Factory of the VKT, 1934; printed by Moscow Lithography of Kartotrust, 1934. Shows political boundaries, cities, ra...

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Main Authors: Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941, Moscow Lithography of Kartotrust
Format: Book
Language:unknown
Published: Izogiz 1935
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Summary:Map of the Asian part of the USSR, featuring heavy industry. Edition of the All-Union Cartographic Trust Newspapers for Industrialization. Compiled and designed by the 2nd Cartographic Factory of the VKT, 1934; printed by Moscow Lithography of Kartotrust, 1934. Shows political boundaries, cities, railways, oil pipelines, canals, mines and the electrical network, as well as bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, multiple legends, a bar scale and scale statement. With explanatory text, beginning (in translation): 1) The map shows the enterprises of the USSR NKTP, operating and under construction, as of January 1, 1935. Not all enterprises are shown due to scale conditions. The largest enterprises are highlighted in red and enlarged . Two inset maps: ШПИЦБEPГEH [= Spitzbergen] -- KУ3БACC [= Kuzbass]. Colored lithograph. Map is 53 x 85 cm, on sheet 62 x 91 cm, folded to 31 x 23 cm. Accompanied by index booklet - listing industrial enterprises - which is housed together with map in seventh volume of ИHДУCTPИЯ COЦИAЛИЗMA. ИHДУCTPИЯ COЦИAЛИЗMA, by Russian avant-garde artist El Lissitzky (1890-1941); published by IzoGiz (State Publishing House of Fine Art) in Moscow, 1935. Title translates to: The Industry of Socialism. Artist book in seven volumes, housed inside a gray slipcase decorated with a silver-embossed photomontage of two comrades. The work is comprised of propaganda pamphlets in Constructivist design with views presented as photogravures and photomontages in varying colors, as well as drawings, paintings, portraits and maps - created with much graphic experimentation - all intended to impress the rest of the world with the enormous industrial progress the Soviet Union made in its first 20 years. The silver embossed wrappers and the rivets on the slipcase further carry out the industrial theme. Each volume presents a theme, with volume titles translating to: 1. The new face of the USSR — 2. The Bolsheviks awaken the natural wealth of the country — 3. ...