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This listing is not rated yet.   Rate it!  |  Report it! A Soviet Poster a Day http://sovietposter.blogspot.com/ A Soviet Poster a Day Blog – does what it says. Every day I publish a classic poster with a description, historical references and insight required for understanding the meaning. Posters are an inspiration for any graphical designer and history lover. Category: Directory » Arts Blogs » Design Hits: 2 Date added: 2007-12-05 11:59:57 Alexa traffic rank: 951,721 Site average load time: 1.718 Second(s) Fast Faster than 49% of websites Site language: EN

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A Soviet Poster a Day Latest Posts

The Lies Machine
Lies Machine Gun (TASS Window #625)Kukryniksy, Lebedev-Kumach, 1942 In a man to man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.Erwin RommelNo matter the actions,Killer Hitler cant hide his failures,At Rzhev and Stalingrad.To deceive peopleHe invented... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

You play to win the game
USSR is a mighty sports power!B. Reshetnikov, 1962 Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard for all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting. George Orwell, Collected... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Stuff that matters
Staff makes absolutely all the difference. StalinG. Klutsis, 1935 This is a quote from the speech delivered by Joseph Stalin for the military academies graduates in the Grand Kremlin Palace on the 4th of May 1935. During this event he also uttered another famous phrase: This is the people,... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Silence is gold
Keep your mouth shut!N. Vatolina, N. Denisov, 1941 The energetic verse says the following: Keep your eyes open.These daysEven the walls have ears.Chatter and gossipGo hand in hand withTreason. This is one of the most famous posters of the WW2. It was created by Nina Vatolina,... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

The perfect citizen
Smoke cigarettesI. Rosanov, S. Sakharov, 1950 Just smoke cigarettes. No brand advertized whatsoever. This was because in the Soviet times all the factories were controlled by the ministries, which were specifying the amount of goods to produce. So to meet the goals (fulfill the plan, sent... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Marching into eternity
To Defend USSRV. Kulagina, 1930 This striking poster was created by Valentina Kulagina, who was one of the most expressive woman poster artists of the first half of the 20th century. She was married to Gustav Klutsis (see his posters) - another representative of Vkhutemas-artist generation.... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Homo Homini...
A man is a friend, comrade and brother to a man!B. Soloviev, 1962 This cheerful poster goes back to 1961. During the XXII Convention of Communist Party of the Soviet Union the Moral Codex of Communist Builder was adopted. This was a significant event, as the previous XXI Convention declared that... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Glory to the explorers of space!A. Leonov, A. Sokolov, 1971 This is a remarkable poster, a result of collaboration between an artist Andrey Sokolov and a Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, who did the painting for this poster. In 1965 he and Pavel Belyaev were launched on board of Voskhod-2... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Work is the curse of the drinking classes
Lets thrash it!V. Deni, 1930 This is a beautiful anti-alcohol poster created by Victor Deni " who was one of the brightest soviet poster artists of the first half of the century. The poster shows a Red Worker standing in front of steaming factory pipes. He is about to smash a big bottle of... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

Leningrad is calling up
Leningrad is calling upUnknown artist, 1930 The telegraph tape stuck to the poster says (note the absence of punctuation marks): ATTENTION EVERYBODYTHE WORKERS OF LENINGRAD FACTORIESFULFILL THE FIVE YEAR PLAN ONMAIN PRODUCTSIN THREE YEARSPROLETARIAT OF THE UNIONFOLLOW THE CITY... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

There and back
To The West!Ivanov V.S., 1943 Our strength consists in our speed and in our brutality. Genghis Khan led millions of women and children to slaughter"with premeditation and a happy heart. History sees in him solely the founder of a state. Its a matter of indifference to me what a weak western... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

Dramatic Transformation
Transformation of fritzes (The TASS Window 640)Kukriniksy, 1942 The poster verse says:These are not the animals with wild howlCrossing stormy river flow.This is Hitler kickingTroops eastward. Here where all the windows are loop-holes,And the bushes hide death,Here after... Read more...
Published 6 months ago