Ussr Shorts
Description: Fully restored vintage travel poster from USSR. Please note that our posters are high quality reproductions based on professional, very high resolution scans of the originals. Our manual retouching process does not involve the use of filters that remove any original details or texture that you will see in the original prints. All details remain intact. Colors corrected. Imperfections removed.
Description: СССР (Союз Советских Социалистических Республик) is a Russian abbreviation for the Soviet Union or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR),was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. Nominally a union of multiple national Soviet republics, in practice its government and economy were highly centralized. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party, with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian SFSR. Other major urban centers were Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Tashkent, Alma-Ata and Novosibirsk. It was the largest country in the world by surface area, spanning over 10,000 kilometers.
Description: The Moscow Music Peace Festival was a rock concert that took place in the USSR on August 12–13, 1989 at Central Lenin Stadium (now called Luzhniki Stadium) in Moscow. Occurring during the glasnost era, it marked the first time hard rock and heavy metal acts from abroad were granted permission to perform in the capital city. Over 100,000 people attended, and it was broadcast live to 59 nations, including the United States. The event promoted understanding between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War, and also raised money to help those addicted to drugs and alcohol. The concert featured six hard rock bands from abroad and three Russian bands. The concert ended with the various band members participating in jam session.
Description: This Dogs of War illustration features the Russian KV2. It was a massive tank in its day. A huge 152mm howitzer was mounted in a battle ship style turret. It was slow, top heavy and cumbersome but almost impervious to attack. These dogs appear to run down a locals bicycle. They must have not been looking where they were going!
Description: Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge ("Клином красным бей белых!" Klinom krasnym bey belykh!) is a Soviet Propaganda poster created by Lazar Markovich Lissitzky, AKA El Lissitzky, which has been retraced, refinished, recolored, and restored. Check out more of my art and products at https://spacedoglaika.com/
