Peace Posters – 1980s / available for purchase
Set of 4 wonderful pro-peace Russian propaganda of Soviet times. [...] The text on the first one means: “Communists are the banner-bearers of peace.” White text on the second one means: “We will protect the peace.” The third one: “Power is in the unity—peace is in the fight.” [...] And the last one is just the word “peace” in many languages.
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I recently came across the still new-ish shop Soviet Reality. What a fantastic treasure trove of original vintage Soviet posters and paper ephemera. The proprietor, Michail in Lithuania, is an avid collector of all things USSR. I encourage you to check out his shop and subscribe to the feed to keep abreast of new listings.
[ All photographs © Soviet Reality ]
Save the Energy Poster – 1980s / sold
The text means: “Don’ forget!” (to turn the light off).
Space Cosmonautics Poster – 1980s / available for purchase
Text in top left translates as “Planet is a cradle of mind, but you can’t live in a cradle forever.” The text in the middle part says “Glory to the pioneers of space.” And the text on top right is a bit hard to translate, something like “Soviet spaceships will fly in the unknown again and again.”
Anti-Bomb Posters – 1980s / sold
Lenin Poster – 1980s / available for purchase
Two large red words mean “Peace to nations.” White text can be translated as “Our Peace policies are approved by the vast majority of the World.” The poster is about the Decree on Peace written by Lenin himself.
Protect Nature Posters – 1980s / sold
The first one translates as: “Nature doesn’t tolerate mistakes!”
Soviet Science – 1980 / available for purchase
Vintage poster featuring soviet scientists. Small white text on top means “Accelerating sci-tech progress is a demand of life.” Text on the bottom translated as “Power and future of our country depends on the unity of production and science.”
Save the Energy Poster – 1980s / sold
“Stop.” Designed to tell workers to use cranes to lift only heavy items.
Lenin Poster – 1980s / sold
Multiple red lines behind Lenin are translated as: “All authority to soviets, Land is for peasants, Peace to all the nations, Factories are for workers, Peace, Work.”
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{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
I bought the space one…. it seemed rude not to!
I’d say! Especially since it has your name on it (in Russian). :)
Very cool, know you’ll enjoy having it up on the wall. What a piece of history!