Russian copyright law and 1930s magazines

Katerina Romanenko kgalrom at YAHOO.COM
Tue Oct 13 21:11:39 UTC 2009


Hi, 
Sorry, another question concerning reproduction rights...

I need to publish some images from "Krestianka" journal from 1929-1936.
According to MIT press "Public domain articles are 1923 and older," yet according to Russian the Copyright law  "a general duration of copyrights of 50 years beyond an author's death, or 50 years since the publication of an anonymous work." 
What about articles and magazine illustrations and design (in most cases anonymous)?
Would contemporary "Krestianka" have the copyrights for the Soviet period?
In short, do I have to get the reproduction permission for the material originally published in mass periodical press in Russia/Soviet Union at least 70  years ago and where do I get it? 

Thanks.
Katerina Romanenko
Art History
Graduate Center CUNY
New York NY
k.romanenko at yahoo.com
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