Russian Posters Collection, 1919-1989 and undated

Russian posters documenting almost 60 years of Communist political advertising (1920s-1980s) More »

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Приезд В.И. Ленина в Петроград 1917 г. rpcps03028
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Готовим отпор rpcps01005
View the highlight item: (12) Генеральная перспектива развития...
(12) Генеральная перспектива развития... rpcps04012
View the highlight item: Народ, забывающий свою историю...
Народ, забывающий свою историю... rpcps06004
View the highlight item: Рабочих и Ленина соединила в своем пороховом...
Рабочих и Ленина соединила в своем пороховом... rpcps05006
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У меня есть свое мнение, но я с ним не согласен… rpcps06009

About the Digital Collection

This collection of 20th-century Russian posters spans almost the entire history of the Soviet Union (1917-1991). It can be divided into three main series, each representing distinct eras in the history of Communist political advertising. The General Political Poster series features works from the earliest days of Soviet power and is especially strong for the late 1920s, a period that coincides with the "cultural revolution" of I. V. Stalin. The Twenty-Second Communist Party Congress series includes electioneering placards from the early 1960s that graphically illustrate N. S. Khrushchev's promise to catch up and overtake the capitalist West. The Perestroika Era series, which rounds out this collection, is an assemblage of posters from the late 1980s that offers a poignant reminder of the promises and perils of the period of "restructuring" (perestroika) and "openness" (glasnost) under M. S. Gorbachev.


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