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One sheet, This is a Soviet propaganda poster
featuring a portrait of Vladimir Lenin against a background of pages from the newspaper Pravda. The poster includes a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky, "Lenin is with us, eternal and majestic, his thoughts, words and deeds of Ilyich are propagating through the universe". The artist of this specific poster is Nikolay Dolgorukov, and it was published in Moscow in 1960.
The poster's message emphasizes the enduring legacy of Lenin and the core concepts of communism, particularly during a period known as the Khrushchev Thaw, where a contrast was drawn between Lenin's ideals and the actions of Joseph Stalin.
The term "Pravda" on the newspaper pages translates to "Truth," and it was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1912 until 1991. |
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