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Photo, Print, Drawing Destruction of the Austrian Squad by Shrapnel Fire During the Capture of the Kyrle Baba Pass in the Carpathian Mountains.

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Title

  • Destruction of the Austrian Squad by Shrapnel Fire During the Capture of the Kyrle Baba Pass in the Carpathian Mountains.

Summary

  • This print showing a battle scene with explosions is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "As soon as it was detected by us, the Austrian battery using heavy artillery against Tarnow was silenced by our artillery with shrapnel fire. In Bukovina our advanced units captured the Kyrle Baba Pass, in a battle located on the border with Transylvania and on the highway leading from Cîmpulung to Sighetu Marmaţiei and Dej [present-day Romania]." This picture, like many others in the collection, was printed in the Moscow printing house of Ivan Sytin (1851--1934). By the 1880s, Sytin was the most popular and successful publisher of lubok pictures in Russia. He also published cheap popular books for workers and peasants, textbooks, and literature for children. The quality of this print is much better than many images from other printing houses--more colors and shades are neatly matched and more small details are available for the viewer. Lubok is a Russian word for popular prints created from woodcuts, engravings, etchings, or later, by using lithography. The prints were often characterized by simple, colorful graphics depicting a narrative, and could also include text. During World War I, lubok informed Russians about events on the frontlines, bolstered morale, and served as propaganda against enemy combatants.

Names

  • Noskov, Alexander Artist.

Created / Published

  • Moscow : I. M. Mashistov Prinitng and Lithography Partnership, 1915.

Headings

  • -  Austria
  • -  Romania
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  1915
  • -  Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Army
  • -  Battles
  • -  Carpathian Mountains
  • -  Lubok (Narrative art prints)
  • -  Soldiers
  • -  War casualties
  • -  War posters
  • -  World War, 1914-1918

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource at: The British Library.
  • -  Content in Russian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • World War I

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669198

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Noskov, Alexander Artist. Destruction of the Austrian Squad by Shrapnel Fire During the Capture of the Kyrle Baba Pass in the Carpathian Mountains. Russian Federation Austria Romania, 1915. Moscow: I. M. Mashistov Prinitng and Lithography Partnership. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669198/.

APA citation style:

Noskov, A. A. (1915) Destruction of the Austrian Squad by Shrapnel Fire During the Capture of the Kyrle Baba Pass in the Carpathian Mountains. Russian Federation Austria Romania, 1915. Moscow: I. M. Mashistov Prinitng and Lithography Partnership. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669198/.

MLA citation style:

Noskov, Alexander Artist. Destruction of the Austrian Squad by Shrapnel Fire During the Capture of the Kyrle Baba Pass in the Carpathian Mountains. Moscow: I. M. Mashistov Prinitng and Lithography Partnership. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669198/>.