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Вздорожание мужского костюма из шерстяной ткани в Совдепии. The rising price of men’s woollen cloth...

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Вздорожание мужского костюма из шерстяной ткани в Совдепии. The rising price of men’s woollen cloth suits in Soviet Russia. (Series of four drawings, accompanied by text. Picture 1 is labelled '1915'. It depicts well-dressed men outside a shop (the shop's sign reads: 'Off-the-peg Suit Shop'). There are plenty of suits in the shop window, priced at 50 roubles. The shopkeeper is inviting the men in. The text reads: "How it used to be". Picture 2 is labelled '1917'. Red flags fly outside the shop. There are fewer suits in the window and they are priced at 350 roubles. The well-dressed shopkeeper stands in the doorway, while the men in the street puzzle over the prices. The text reads: "In the days of the Revolution the price of suits rose sharply." Picture 3 is labelled '1918'. The shop sign now reads: 'Store of suits given out through the rationing system to Comissars and Communists only." There is only one suit in the window, priced at 800 roubles. A Red Armyman stands outside the door, inviting two other Red Armymen into the shop, while barefoot men in rags stand outside. The text reads: "Communism came. The workers and the intelligentsia go around in rags. Only communists receive new suits." Picture 4 is labelled '1919'. The shop is now boarded up; its sign has fallen down. In the streets Red Armymen are stripping men of their clothes and handing the naked men copies of the newspaper 'Communist'. The text reads: "But a year later it was decided that in the Bolshevik paradise one could go about naked, covered by copies of the newspaper 'Communist.'
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[A collection of posters issued by the Southern anti-Bolshevik armies.] [1918-21] Language: Russian Source/Shelfmark: 1856.g.8.(7)

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