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Transliteration:

KHOCHESH? VSTUPI

1. Khochesh poborot' Kholod?

2. Khochesh poborot' Golod?

3. Khochesh est'?

4. Khochesh pit?

Speshi v udarnuyu gruppu

Obraztsovago truda vstupit'/

Narkompros ROSTA N. ...

Translation:

DO YOU WANT? JOIN

1. Do you want to conquer cold?

2. Do you want to conquer hunger?

3. Do you want to eat?

4. Do you want to drink?

Hurry up to join the strike team of exemplary labor.

Narkompros, ROSTA no. ....

Comments:

The top line is the title of a short agitation verse known as "agitka".
In Russian language the words "coldness" and "hunger" rhyme, and this couple is a ubiquitous cliche in descriptions of harsh living conditions.
See Udarnik article for "strike teams of exemplary labor".
The smoke in the picture #2 had different associations at these times: today smoke is pollution, then it was a sign of industrial revolution, and posters of early Soviet times abound in smoky chimneys of plants.

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