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Cold War-era Soviet propaganda poster
Cold War-era Soviet propaganda poster

Cold War-era Soviet propaganda poster

Object number2017.057.0009
Datecirca 1960
ClassificationsArtifacts
ObjectPoster
Credit LineThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
MediumPaper, Glass, Metal
Dimensions28 3/16 × 20 3/16 in. (71.6 × 51.3 cm)
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DescriptionFramed Cold War Soviet Union propaganda poster. Poster features a yellow and red hammer and sickle graphic and a message at the bottom printed in Russian. The four lines of Russian text are printed in white: "СВЯТЫЕ , КАК ЗНАМЯ, СЛОВА У НАС ЕСТЬ: РОДИНА, ТРУД, ХЛЕБ, ЧЕСТЬ!" Translation of text is as follows, as provided by a native Russian speaker: "There are words that are as sacred for us as a pennant: Labor, Bread, Honor, and Homeland"