Krest i traktor – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures Krest i traktor in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Krest i traktor
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*Krest i traktor* (The Cross and the Tractor) sets a Christian cross against a machine, leaving little doubt about which the artist favors. Published in Moscow in 1930 by the Association of Artists of the Revolution (AKhR), this color lithograph uses caricature, a form Soviet agitation relied on heavily that year. It belongs to the push for collective farming and mechanized agriculture under the first Five-Year Plan, when tractors were promoted as the modern alternative to older village ways and to the church's influence on peasant life. The pairing of peasants and tractors in its catalog record points to the campaign's central message.
| Created / published | Moskva : Khudozhestvennoe izd-vo akts. o-vo AKhR, 1930. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Caricatures Russian 1930.Posters Russian 1930.Lithographs Color 1930. |
| Notes | Translation of title: The cross and the tractor. Promotional goal: U.S.S.R. H1. 1930. |
| Subjects | Peasants--Russia (Federation)--1930. Tractors--Russia (Federation)--1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,139 × 1,450 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217350 |
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