<s>
IZOSTAT	B-Application
( ИЗОСТАТ	O
)	O
(	O
)	O
was	O
the	O
"	O
All-union	O
Institute	O
of	O
Pictorial	O
Statistics	O
of	O
Soviet	O
Construction	O
and	O
Economy	O
,	O
"	O
an	O
agency	O
of	O
the	O
Soviet	O
government	O
that	O
designed	O
,	O
created	O
,	O
published	O
,	O
and	O
distributed	O
graphic	O
representations	O
of	O
Soviet	O
industry	O
that	O
were	O
easily	O
understandable	O
without	O
written	O
explanations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
as	O
an	O
educational	O
unit	O
,	O
Izostat	B-Application
evolved	O
into	O
a	O
producer	O
of	O
propaganda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neurath	O
's	O
colleagues	O
Gerd	O
Arntz	O
and	O
Peter	O
Alma	O
also	O
spent	O
time	O
working	O
at	O
IZOSTAT	B-Application
between	O
1931	O
and	O
1934	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1932	O
Izostat	B-Application
published	O
a	O
monograph	O
about	O
its	O
methods	O
in	O
Pictorial	O
statistics	O
and	O
the	O
Vienna	O
Method	O
( Изобразительная	O
статистика	O
и	O
венский	O
метод	O
)	O
by	O
Ivan	O
Petrovich	O
Ivanitsky	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
staff	O
that	O
eventually	O
grew	O
to	O
seventy	O
,	O
Izostat	B-Application
's	O
main	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
develop	O
infographics	O
that	O
communicated	O
both	O
the	O
successes	O
of	O
the	O
First	O
five-year	O
plan	O
(	O
1928	O
–	O
1932	O
)	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
coal	O
,	O
iron	O
,	O
steel	O
,	O
and	O
electricity	O
,	O
and	O
predictions	O
of	O
the	O
anticipated	O
successes	O
of	O
the	O
Second	O
five-year	O
plan	O
in	O
roads	O
,	O
railways	O
,	O
and	O
waterways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Izostat	B-Application
’s	O
output	O
was	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
news	O
,	O
but	O
created	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
materials	O
including	O
charts	O
,	O
books	O
,	O
window	O
displays	O
,	O
and	O
materials	O
for	O
Soviet	O
holidays	O
and	O
celebrations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Izostat	B-Application
materials	O
were	O
also	O
produced	O
for	O
an	O
overseas	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Survey	O
Graphic	O
,	O
an	O
American	O
journal	O
reproduced	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Izostat	B-Application
charts	O
originally	O
created	O
for	O
Izvestia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titled	O
USSR	O
:	O
An	O
Album	O
Illustrating	O
the	O
State	O
Organization	O
and	O
National	O
Economy	O
of	O
the	O
USSR	O
,	O
it	O
combined	O
Izostat	B-Application
charts	O
,	O
photographs	O
of	O
notable	O
Soviet	O
figures	O
and	O
events	O
,	O
and	O
woodcut	O
socialist	O
realist	O
scenes	O
portraying	O
Soviet	O
life	O
in	O
a	O
positive	O
light	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Neurath	O
perceived	O
Izostat	B-Application
's	O
mission	O
stray	O
from	O
education	O
,	O
he	O
grew	O
disillusioned	O
with	O
Izostat	B-Application
and	O
ended	O
his	O
collaboration	O
in	O
1934	O
.	O
</s>
