USSR
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For anti-imperialist solidarity, peace and friendship! (Soviet poster, 1989)
Text: For anti-imperialist solidarity, peace and friendship! Year: 1989. Publisher: NA. Artist: NA. Additional Information: Published in the Soviet Union and shows a guitarist performing next to a neon hammer and sickle. Organised by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), the festival brought together 22,000 people from around the world to participate in a…
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Soviet artwork, 1976
Text: NA. Year: 1976. Publisher: NA. Artist: Dorzhiev Lubsan. Additional Information: Celebrates the Apollo–Soyuz mission of the previous year, when the US Apollo module docked with the Soviet Soyuz capsule and astronauts from both countries spent two days together in orbit. The illustration is by Dorzhiev Lubsan, a Buryat artist who would later be appointed…
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Soviet Azerbaijani carpet, 1965
Text: NA. Year: 1965. Publisher: NA. Artist: Jafar Mujiri. Additional Information: Carpet from Soviet Azerbaijan, 1965, celebrating the successes of Soviet space travel. The carpet shows a man flying to space from the Soviet Union, with rockets and satellites zooming about around him. The border is decorated with a portrait of Lenin as well as…
