"USSR in Construction", the seminal propaganda journal published under the Stalinist regime from 1930 to 1941, provides true testament to the creative will and innovative spirit of the Russian avant-garde. Published in Russian, French, English, German, and eventually Spanish, the journal informed readers abroad of the hyper-construction taking place within the nation, and portrayed the emergence of the Soviet Union as a leading industrial power. By focusing on a single theme or initiative in each issue, the contributing artists produced a work which effectively conveyed the heroic efforts of the Soviet people in fulfilling the objectives set forth by Stalin to transform the technologically deficient country into a highly developed and productive world power. In the eleven year span in which it was published, the journal combined articles by esteemed writers such as Nikolai Fadeev, Isaac Babel, and Sergei Tretiakov, with montages composed from images created by the Soviet Union's most talented photo-journalists: Max Alpert, Arkadii Shaikhet, Georgii Zelma, Boris Ignatovich, Semion Fridland, and Georgii Petrusov. El Lissitzky and Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers designed the overall layout and cover arrangements for a number of issues, as did Alexander Rodchenko and his wife,Varvara Stepanova. "USSR in Construction" appeared soon after Stalin denounced Constructivism as a bourgeois art form and proclaimed Social Realism to be the only acceptable style of art. Displaced artists of the avant-garde turned to photomontage as an alternative. Exploring the relatively new mediums of photography and photomontage, these artists and others managed to successfully fulfill the demands placed upon them by the government, while continuing to experiment and to shape new artistic conventions. "USSR in Construction" offers some of the greatest examples of early 20th-century photomontage. With elements such as oversized pages and multi-page fold-outs, each issue exists as an elaborate artistic creation. As a whole, the series is a monument to the energy, innovation and dynamism of the Russian avant-garde, and proves that even in a society held hostage by a highly repressive and restrictive totalitarian state, the creative spirit can endure. The Current Gallery Inventory includes the following collection plus individual single issues illustrated below. 1930: Issues # 3 and 9. 1931: Issues #3, 5, 6, (7-8), 9, 10, 1932: Issues #5, 6 ,7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 1933: Issues #3, 4, 5, 7. 1934: Issues # 3, 4, 5, 9, 1935: Issues # 5, 12, 1936: Issues# 5, 7, 12, 1937: Issues #4, and 5, 1939: Issue #7, 9,(incomplete) 1940: Issues #1, 4, 5, 7, 11, and 1949: Issue #5. Please contact gallery for pricing on collection and single issues.