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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…

Soviet weapons landing page image

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 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,…

Soviet soldiers hang up the Soviet Union

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…