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Translation: “Glory! To the Soviet people, pioneers of the cosmos!”

It is an image of a cosmonaut brandishing the Soviet hammer and sickle. Each of the red stars resembles one of the Vostok Space Missions.

The Space Race was one of the many…

The context of the image is to state that the Red Army is for peace, and is protecting the dove from the Western (hateful and evil) forces.

The men in suits at the bottom of the image represent the American side. One man is holding a paper that…

The image is from the main state-controlled newspaper in the USSR. It was used as a way to defend Soviet nuclear weapons to defend the USSR, and to establish the Soviet Union's power over United States' security.

Translation says: "Comrade J.V…

During the Cold War Space Race, the Soviet Union was showing their superiority over the west with its space technology.

The image is of four Soviet cosmonauts. Above them is the word KCCR for "Communist Party of the Soviet Union" and the bottom…

The Soviet Government in the late 1980s begins to endorse the program of perestroika. This propaganda imagery asks Soviet citizens to be active, creative, bold and competent.

Translation: “The policy is acceleration–perestroika–to work actively,…

Image is of a red-faced man dancing with a bottle of alcohol. The text translates to: "This is a shameful union - a slacker + vodka!"

The propaganda imagery shows a young child evolving into a rowdy criminal as he drinks more and more.

Translation of the text reads: “LITTLE BY LITTLE, AND YOU END UP WITH A HOOLIGAN. TOLERANCE OF DRINKING IS DANGEROUS. THERE IS BUT A STEP FROM…

Image of a baby on one side and a bottle of Vodka on the other side. The caption translates to: "Either Or"

The propaganda poster is implying that life is a choice between alcohol and family; both cannot coexist. One cannot be a good family member…

Image from the front page of Pravda newspaper, published two days after the Sputnik Satellite was launched.

USSR Soviet satirical magazine Krokodil with Cuban leader Fidel Castro on the cover.

The publication coincided during Castro's visit to the Soviet Union. Banners in the image reflect "peace, may, friendship" and "Welcome Fidel"