The Soviet Union was the first to launch a satellite, Sputnik 1, and a human into space, Yuri Gagarin. With Apollo 11, the U.S. landed the first humans on the moon in 1969.

Prohibition, Soviet style: Propaganda posters from the 1980s. By Liesl Bradner . April 28, 2017 6 AM PT . ... But in 1985, the Soviet Union’s newly appointed general secretary, ...

What’s hot, what’s not Before you buy Soviet propaganda posters, take note. What's hot: Pre-war original posters in good condition, particularly those by famous artists such as El Lissitzky ...

From 1958 to 1963 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics created an incredible collection of posters with over-the-top propaganda lines like that to inspire Russians in the space race.. The bold ...

Five decades ago the Space Race was being vigorously fought between the Soviet Union and the US. For a time the USSR seemed to be winning and it tried to make the most of the propaganda potential ...

Before you buy Soviet propaganda posters, take ... The gallery is asking $600 for this Viktor Koretsky poster but some of the more than 2000 bills from the former Soviet Union can go for as much ...

From the 1960s through the 1980s, artists throughout the Soviet Union designed propaganda posters to warn the public of the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption. With striking, colorful ...

The twentieth century Soviet space program will always be remembered as one of the greatest in the world. And these posters reveal that it also came with one of the world’s most beautifully ...

It was an issue he also addressed in a presentation to Bowdoin faculty colleagues in the fall semester, titled “Imagining the Future in Soviet Propaganda Posters: Metaphors of Time as Space.” “After ...

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The Soviet Union was known for its intense propaganda art. Messages varied from inspiring photos of space travel to heavy-handed warnings to potential spies. Retronaut collected and translated a ...