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The Greatest Soviet Propaganda Posters Ever

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We've seen some space propaganda, anti-alcohol posters, and even anti-Communist political propaganda. And now, we present the very best, in high resolution, ready for your desktop. The revolution marches on, comrades!

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Freedom, American Style

Pictured above.

Top-left: "Freedom of Press" (with the words lies and slander on the ducks)

Top-right: Freedom of Identity

Bottom-left: Freedom of Opinions

Bottom-right: Freedom of Gatherings and Meetings

On the skyscraper: Wall Street

(via Reddit)

Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live forever!

(via Watcher1999)

The People of World Are Waiting (for disarmament and peace), by V. Govorkov, 1962

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(via donalruth)

Hitler's way has only one possible course and one possible ending, by V. Briskin, 1952

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(via Etsy)

Night won't prevent us from working, by B. Reshetnikov and A. Dobrov, 1956

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(via Russian Foundation for Free Elections)

Mow on time and Each strike of a hammer is a strike against the enemy by Viktor Deni, 1920

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(via Etsy)

Don't drink, Dad!, by D. Bulanov, 1929

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(via sssr-online)

Death to World Capitalism! Against the White Terror, Fascism and the threat of War, 1932

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(via Rosticus)

Ploughing time doesn't stop at night!, by V. Govorkov, 1947

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(via The Mystery World)

Us and Them, by V. Suryaninov, 1961

Us: One hundred million people – almost half of the population of USSR – will move to new homes in the next seven years.

Them: There are more than four million unemployed and millions living in slums in the USA

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(via Etsy)

Murderers must answer for their crimes, by V. Arseenkov, 1986

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(via SovietArt)

Work hard to fight cold and hunger, by Vladimir Mayakovsky

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(via James Vaughan)

Our work in the fields cannot wait!, by V. Govorkov, 1954

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(via Pandia)

That's what could you have bought the kids for the cost of that liter of vodka?, 1930

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(via Art of the Russias)

Fascism – Enemy of Nations, a TASS poster with a poem, written by Demian Bednii, translated by Julia Alekseyeva

Unfortunate country under the deadly heat.
Getting the corpses ready for future graves,
Laughing brazenly before death, twisting his rotten, evil grin,
The Fascist decay of worn-down teeth.

Еverything desecrated! In dirt is freedom and culture,
Into oppressive slavery is labor bound.
Onto all of Germany a figure is spread
Ominously dark, the Fascist evil octopus.

The octopus pulls its furry paws
To the north and south, east and west.
In Spain, the Fascist satraps are stunned,
The persistent germ of the People's Front.

The Fascist messengers dart all over the Balkans,
Disturb the Polish,
Connive Japanese plans,
While bringing verbal gifts to various countries
Who want to emblazon a swastika in their coat of arms

The fascist octopus, opening up the hope of its mileposts,
Began to furiously trumpet a march into our Union.
So what? Let him thrust his four paws at us,
We'll be able to chop them off!

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(via Julia Alekseyeva)

Saved Money – Bought Car!

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(via James Vaughan)

The train from Socialism to communism – and Comrade Stalin drives!

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(via Sovmusic)

Long Live Stalin's Air Force!

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(via James Vaughan)

American Policy by Victor Koretskii, 1970

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(via The Seen)

Peace to the World!, by V. Briskin, 1952

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(via Soviet Propaganda)

Death to fascism, by T.I. Pevzner, T. Shishmareva and V.A. Vlasov, 1941

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(via Darius Norvilas)

The Triple Entente (Russia, France and Britain) under the mask of Peace, 1920

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(via Newsepic)

Same year, different weather: The American industry shrunk 22 percent, but the Soviet industry grew with 20%, late 1940s

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Motherland! You've been the first to light a star of progress and peace over the Earth. Glory to science, glory to labor! Glory to the Soviet regime!

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(via English Russia)

American Humanitary Aid

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(via Sovmusic)

Building Socialism

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(via History In Posters)

What a shame! He got drunk, swore, smashed a tree and now he's ashamed to look people in the face, by N. Velezhneva and N. Kuzovkin, 1958

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(via 60-e)

Death to World Capitalism!, by V. Deni, 1931

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(via Zenthar)

A "Statesman" of Contemporary Germany, by Nikolai Denisovskii, 1944

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(via Darius Norvilas)

Soviet Means Excellent!

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(via James Vaughan)

Report: Mission accomplished! (with "Luna 9")

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(via RussiaTrek)

You, behave!, by B. Voeopkoa, mid-1940s

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(via SovietArt)