A Russian knight hacks at a serpent depicting the leaders of Germany and the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires. A poster portraying the “Second Patriotic War” as World War I was known in ...
Propaganda posters first appeared in Russia during the First World War. Visual media plastered across shops, fences, and railway stations demonized the Germans and Austrians and helped boost war ...
Before the launch of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, printer Sergei Besov was part of a burgeoning art scene based out of a converted factory in northern Moscow. Using an old printing ...
Later it was decreed to become the central government information agency, moved to Moscow and renamed Russian Telegraph Agency (ROSTA). The agency became famous due to satirical posters ...
Why big families are put on posters in Russia Russian authorities are keen to boost the country’s struggling birth rates, which are currently sitting at a quarter of a century low.
Referencing the design of Contructivist-style posters, Gurovitch’s work also shows a football that depicts Russia as seen from space. The green circle apparently stands for the pitches of the 12 ...