Anti-religious poster “For peasants, faith is a narcotic, for priests—a profit in the pocket” / text by S.M. Gorodetsky, artist A.S. Sokolov. Moscow: Agit-Point “Atheist”; Typo-zincography “Izvestia of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR and the All-Russian Central Executive Committee”; Moscow Gublit No. 29048, [1920s]

Antireligious poster “For peasants, faith is a narcotic; for priests, it’s profit in the pocket” / text by S.M. Gorodetsky, artist A.S. Sokolov. Moscow: Agitpunkt “Atheist”; Typo-zincography “Izvestia of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR and the All-Russian Central Executive Committee”; Moscow Gublit No. 29048, [1920s] 61.9×46.8 cm. In good condition, traces of folds, creases, tears. On the reverse side, owner’s pencil marks. Sergey Mitrofanovich Gorodetsky (1884–1967) was a Russian poet, playwright, publicist, and artist. In the 1920s, Gorodetsky participated in the creation of antireligious posters, writing poetic texts for them: “For peasants, faith is a narcotic; for priests, it’s profit in the pocket,” “From Little Bandit to Little Saint,” “About Renovated Icons and How Rest Homes Renovate Restless Priests,” and others.