Vodka and Russia. The former is so ingrained in the identity of the latter, it’s hard to imagine restrictions on its sale and production. But in 1985, the Soviet Union’s newly appointed general ...

Window weapons: forgotten Soviet war posters Hidden from view for decades, two large caches of Soviet wartime posters have recently emerged from the archives of the Chicago Art Institute and British ...

Soviet advertising and propaganda posters, as well as those made for films, are extremely popular. They’re exhibited across the world and sold in leading art auctions. Susan Pack from California, who ...

A century after the USSR was formed (and more than 31 years after it was dissolved), its boldest ideas live on in the millions of posters it issued to inspire the Soviet masses. See how art, imagery ...

After the 1917 Revolution, art had a new official status in the Soviet Union as a positive force for shaping the future of the young State. The new structures and attitudes brought about by the ...