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Description: | Collection of 500 posters of Soviet era propaganda casting light on life under the Soviet system and what it meant for individual citizens. Collection spans the decades from the 1920s to the 1980s, from the rallying calls of workers to the anti-bureaucracy and corruption themes of the Glasnost period. Includes portraits of Lenin and Gorbachev, public health themes, the battle against alcoholism, advice to mothers on infant care, and exortations to women and men to meet production targets for industry and agriculture. | Format: | Posters | Subjects: | Glasnost Soviet Union Propaganda | Temporal: | World War II 1939-45 20th century - late 1971-1999 20th century - mid 1931-1970 | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Telephone: | +44 (0)121 414 3614 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6694 | Format: | Posters | Go to resource |
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