Soviet Youth Fatherland Tradition USSR

£275.00

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Our fatherland ordered our youth to follow in the steps of the legend - referencing the heroic achievements of Komsomol members in the Russian Civil War battles (1917-1922) featuring two young Soviet men in army and navy uniform marching towards the viewer and holding military flags with red stars and the hammer and sickle emblem on them, an image of a Civil War soldier armed with a sword against the red background on the side above the bold red lettering. The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (Komsomol; 1918-1991) was a youth organisation under the Communist Party of the USSR for teenagers and young adults aged 14-28 after they graduated from the Young Pioneers and Little Octobrists (for younger children aged 7-9 years old). Good condition, staining, creasing.

Country

Russia

Year

1966

Style

Propaganda Posters

Artist

L. Nepomnyshchiy

Size (cm)

90x58