subject: The Soviet Poster - Historical Documents Depicting Soviet Life And Times [print this page] The Soviet Era was a time when a plethora of original artwork depicting the history of the Soviet era in pictures. Some of the Soviet posters are quite rare and depict times from World War II to the Cold War period. A Soviet poster is not only political and social propaganda, but also might depict scenes promoting the value of rest, a healthy way of life, friendship between people as well as the importance of a healthy childhood. The posters also promote labor and the Soviet economy, holidays and elections, war and Red army, Soviet industry and agriculture, science, space exploration, and Soviet socialist policy and law. Some of these posters even promote tourism in the Soviet Union!
Other Soviet posters created during the Soviet era celebrate historical figures in Soviet history such as Lenin and Stalin as well as heroes of the revolution and heroes of war and significant events in Soviet history. These Soviet posters were created between 1917 and 1991 during the time period when a one party socialist regime ruled in the Soviet Union. Although the posters were widespread in the Soviet Union during the socialist time period, nowadays, finding a truly vintage Soviet poster is truly awe inspiring and a real Soviet poster can be quite valuable.
Some of the most famous Soviet poster artists are Victor Govorkov who was born in 1906 and died in 1974, Victor Koretsky who was born in1909 and died in 1998, and Alexei Kokorekin who was born in 1906 and died in 1959. It is interesting to note that of these three artists, only one lived to see the end of the Cold War and the Soviet regime. It is well agreed by experts that posters created by these three famous Soviet artists in particular can go for top dollar and are true collector's items. In fact, the bidding for work by these Soviet poster artists sometimes starts at thousands of dollars at an art auction.
If you don't have thousands of dollars, you can still get some pretty cool Soviet posters if you buy less expensive prints or more common posters. You can also get Soviet posters online. While a Soviet poster by a famous Soviet artist might be expensive and rare, some prints of Soviet propaganda posters or social and/or political posters can go for as little as $20.00. Most go for around $30.00 though. If you are interested in decorating using Soviet posters, then you should have no problems finding some inexpensive prints. What a conversation piece! Owning a piece of Soviet era poster art is like owning a piece of history.
